Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 40 is along similar lines to Deputy O’Rourke’s amendments but will cast the net more widely and allow the Minister to ban “such material or class of materials used in the production or the items referred to ... as he may prescribe for the purposes of this section". I was not sure whether the Minister had the powers. The Minister of State indicated earlier that the Minister does but they must, obviously, be exercised within the context of the EU Single Market. My amendment may not be necessary if the Minister has such powers. The Minister of State might indicate what will be the source of the Minister’s powers if these amendments are not accepted.