Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

Arising from the Minister's reply, I seek to give certainty to the information flow between the European Court of Justice and the European Parliament and the Houses of the Oireachtas. People in the Houses of the Oireachtas are often very busy and certain matters may not come to their attention. When they are brought to their attention they can have them investigated through parliamentary questions or through a mechanism such as the Minister of State suggested.

I seek to give certainty to the information flow, so that the Minister shall within three months of the Act being passed report to the Dáil. I am putting the onus on the State and the responsible Minister to tell the House, rather than the House having to find out in another way. The House may never find out information that may be important to deliberations or on a subject matter in which it has an interest. The amendment seeks to give certainty to the fact that the Minister is ultimately responsible for reporting to the House in an accountable parliamentary way.

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