Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion
Ms Maria Graham:
On the final point, legislation at the moment tends to look at what should be in primary legislation and what should be in secondary legislation. An important point about the regulatory piece, which is drummed into us by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, is that the policies and principles around the regulation need to be clear. As we enter the drafting stage, those policies and principles will have to be clear on the Minister's regulatory power. If we look at older legislation, it sometimes says the Minister may make a regulation.
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