Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Amendment No. 63 proposes to limit directives inappropriately to policies set out under the MPPS. This is an inordinate restriction and would preclude the issuing of directives on other necessary matters, such as where new domestic or European case law has clarified the operation of a procedure or EU directive and public bodies need to be instructed accordingly to ensure legally robust decision-making. Therefore, I oppose the amendment. In essence, the purpose of a policy directive is, as I said, to instruct a body to comply with policy in an area where it may not be compliant.