Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)

If accepted, amendment No. 52 will delete section 26. It is strange that the Minister of State says the Registration of Deeds and Title Rules Committee established under section 44 may, with the agreement of the Minister, make general rules for the purpose of enabling this Act. It either has the power or it does not. The Minister is saying that this rules committee will have the power to give the required prescriptive forms and registration. There is no report mechanism back to the Oireachtas, except through the new authority. Has the Government given consideration to the matter? Most of the other orders under the Bill require the Minister to make the order within 21 days and the orders will not be annulled. Why was it not considered appropriate for the Oireachtas to receive a report on the rules committee's new arrangements?