Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 147:

In page 19, to delete lines 10 to 12 and substitute the following:

“(8) Not more than 10 days after submitting a periodic review report to the Minister in accordance with this section, the Advisory Council shall publish the report by such means as the Agency may advise.”.

We had much discussion on the matter already. The amendment relates to shortening the timeframe for the publication of the periodic review. We suggest ten days. As it stands the Minister will have the review on his desk for at least 60 days and up to 90 days before the public can review its content. We do not think that makes sense or is very democratic. In the context of the promised openness and transparency, ten days is adequate.

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