Eugene Regan (Fine Gael)

That is the language. The Bill states "such regulations may modify any provision of this Part" so the legislation adopted in the Oireachtas could be changed. My concern, given the precedent referred to of the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999, is that we will have another precedent and it will become a standard practice whereby primary legislation can be amended by ministerial order. That is undesirable and should not be sanctioned.