Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

I am not in favour of the amendment. Effectively, it is a blanket provision applying to all orders and regulations made by the Minister. Quite a number of such instruments are provided for in various sections of the Bill. I am advised it is not necessary in every case to lay such instruments before the Houses of the Oireachtas.

The approach taken in the Bill is that in each case where the Government has decided that an order or regulation is to be made under the Bill, provision for the laying of the instrument in question before the Houses of the Oireachtas, either with or without a resolution procedure, is dealt with separately. Essentially there are some cases where the procedure should be invoked, for example, under section 108 governing the matter of police co-operation under the provisions of sections 45 to 49, inclusive, in the context of police co-operation and the movement of persons between the Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Equally there are other areas, for instance, in the case of section 106 and regulations made in respect of the management of the Garda Síochána, and section 107 concerning the disciplinary regulations for the force, where the Government considers that it is not appropriate.