Paschal Donohoe (Fine Gael)

My point is not about whether they are in place but whether they are published. Could we end up with a situation where a safety case would be evaluated against an unpubished safety framework? On Second Stage the Minister stated one reason the legislation had been introduced was he wanted to put in place a framework within which the public could understand the way decisions were made. It would be a real mistake if the public or an interested body was to find itself in a place where a safety case was being evaluated and it asked to see the safety framework against which that case was being valuated to be told that it had not been published yet and it was not available.

My question is not the need to have it in place. I understand that. My question is whether we can ensure such framework is published. As I look at this amendment and see the specific phase "has not been published within 8 months", I wonder whether we could inadvertently end up in that situation. Why do we not ensure that such framework is published so people can understand how a case is being evaluated?