John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)

I do not like to interrupt Deputy Shatter, but the question of the regulation making authority of the Minister arises under section 5 of the Bill. The net effect of amendment No. 1 relates to the question of the terms and conditions being published prior to the implementation of the legislation and the role of the Oireachtas.

My difficulty is that I have allowed a considerable amount of latitude — I am not just picking on Deputy Shatter — because we are discussing the first amendment. I must point out at this stage that this is amendment No. 1 of 28 amendments. The way we are going, it will take a very long time unless we stay with the parameters, which we are supposed to do.

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