Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am certainly happy to consider the amendment, if the Deputy has a draft in mind and wishes to pass it on to me later. I would be happy to take a look at it, run it past my officials and to talk to the Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, about it. As is always the case with such an amendment, there is a desire to avoid creating additional obligations for Departments to produce more reports. I certainly feel some Government Departments are almost operating as factories now to produce plans, strategies and reports. They are spending a great deal of time on that aspect and not enough on implementation. Equally, though, if rigorous information obligations are not imposed on Departments, then nothing gets done. It is always a case of trying to get that balance right, but we are very much open to an amendment on the grounds suggested by Deputy Bruton.

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