Paschal Donohoe (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for making these changes to the Bill. They will improve it because, as I said, they will make the operation of the body more transparent.

I may have missed some of the points outlined by the Minister. The purpose of my amendment and that of the Government amendment is to make more transparent what is happening in the process as opposed to its outcome. The Government amendment will improve the level of transparency at the end of the process by allowing the safety case to be published, or at least that is my understanding of the amendment. What I am trying to get at in my amendment is the question of whether anything can be done to improve the level of transparency during the process in order that the public would have an opportunity to see what it was the company seeking support was stating about the operation of the enterprise or activity. The comparison I would draw is with the planning process, in which the public has the opportunity to see the material as it works its way through the planning process, as opposed to seeing it only at the very end of the process when the result is published. While I may have misunderstood the Minister's point — if I have, he can clarify it — I want to find a way of improving the ability of the public to see what is happening in the process and understand the case being made to the commission, as opposed to just being able to see the outcome and result at the end of that process.