James Bannon (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 5:

In page 6, lines 5 and 6, to delete subsection (9) and substitute the following:

"(9) Where it is proposed to make an order under this Act, a draft of the order shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.

(10) The order shall not be made until a resolution approving the draft has been passed by each such House.".

Due to the breadth of the orders the Minister may make under the Act, this amendment proposes that all orders must be laid before the Houses in draft form and will not take effect until both Houses approve them. This is done in the interest of transparency, which has been talked about a great deal recently and to which my party and I adhere. I ask the Minister of State to accept this valid amendment.