Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

I do not propose to accept amendment No. 8. There is a need to balance the power of the commission to regulate with the rights of the persons being regulated. The Bill, as drafted, strikes this balance. It provides the commission with the power to set conditions to a licence that may be complied with and with effective powers to deal with non-compliant service providers. There is certainty about what is expected of service providers once they are licensed to provide a service. The proposed amendment would remove that certainty. If the commission wishes to add additional conditions to a licence it may do so under regulations made by it under section 5.