Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to support the contention of Deputy Naughten. As the Minister, Deputy Coveney, knows, when we were taking the Animal Health and Welfare Bill, I made a very strong case that the regulations made under the Act should be brought to the relevant committee of the House before being signed off by the Minister, and that they would come in draft form. The traditional practice of signing the regulations and then laying them before the Houses, and allowing them to stand if they are not annulled within a certain number of days, is outdated. It would be much better practice to bring regulations before the House, listen to proposals from the relevant committee and then, having considered possible amendments from the committee, to make the regulations. Therefore, I support Deputy Naughten on amendment No. 28.

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