Mr. Liam Herrick:

Before the Oireachtas this week is a proposal that this power be extended to November of this year, and that there will be no role for the Oireachtas with regard to regulations between now and then. It is also proposed that after November, it can be extended for a further three months, indefinitely, by simple resolution of both Houses of the Oireachtas, without any subsequent debate. That is our understanding.