Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On a point of order, the procedure for dealing with such motions is on foot of a motion from the Dáil. Most regulations are discussed at committee and only after that discussion at committee is a motion brought forward to the House to deal with the regulations either with or without debate. In this instance that process has not been properly followed. We only discussed the regulations at our committee yesterday with the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell. There was significant concern among opposition and government committee members about certain aspects of the first of the regulations. Nobody was opposing the spirit of the regulations but their duration and the possibility of them leading to very substandard accommodation for people fleeing war in Ukraine and elsewhere. The motivation for the regulations being primarily for the commercial sector and not for the interests of possible residents left all of us very dissatisfied. In fairness to the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, he was not in a position to answer some of the questions that were not pertinent to his portion of the discussion. Many of us asked for the motion to be amended so that we could have a proper debate. This has been denied. This is the wrong way for this to proceed. The committee wants to work with the Minister of State. He saw that yesterday with regard to the Government and Opposition. I am asking the Minister of State to reconsider and give us a 55-minute debate to get this matter correct.

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