The Dáil also made amendments which introduce a number of improvements to the licensing provisions of the waste management code. Amendment No. 36 explicitly requires the agency, in making decisions on licence applications, to have regard to the policies of the Minister and the Government in relation to waste. In addition, the matters in relation to which the agency must be satisfied before granting a licence have been expanded, under amendment No. 37, to include a number of additional issues, largely mirroring the IPPC code.