Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I contend that the purpose of this amendment is to enable the Minister to do just that by statutory instrument, by regulation. This would provide the primary legislative basis for doing so. In a best case scenario, say in six or eight months' time, the Minister comes back with a second Bill - he has a lot on his plate, especially after yesterday - as part of that process, the EU will have to be notified, so that is going to kick it even further down the road.