Sheila Terry (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 5, line 17, to delete "may from time to time" and substitute "shall".

Having raised this matter with the Minister at an earlier meeting, I am now asking him to tighten up the provision thus making it imperative that guidelines would be drawn up. Section 2(8) should state "the Minister shall draw up and publish guidelines .". If we leave it as suggested, that "the Minister may from time to time draw up and publish guidelines .", it will be far too loose. For that reason I am seeking the new wording using the word "shall". To compensate for this, I have tabled amendment No. 5 which seeks to have the Bill reviewed annually. That would make it absolutely clear that the guidelines would be drawn up and that they would be reviewed on an annual basis.