Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 6:

In page 23, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following subsection:
"(10) The Minister shall make detailed regulations in relation to the practice and procedure to be adopted by each scheduled organisation in relation to the conduct of investigators, and of inquiries, which may lead to a notification being made to the bureau under section 19."

We have seen many statutory organisations being given the task of having to report to the bureau under the Bill. The amendment seeks to give the Minister the power to make detailed regulations on the practice and procedures to be adopted by each scheduled organisation on the conduct of investigations. We share the concerns expressed by the Irish Human Rights Commission, IHRC, on the legislation to the effect that there is potential for the inquiry or investigation procedure followed by each organisation to vary, therefore creating a lack of uniformity and perhaps even confusion between each organisation as to when, how and where to report specified information. We hope the Minister will amend the legislation to ensure he has the power and the ability under the legislation to make detailed regulations on the practice and procedure to be adopted by each scheduled organisation on the conduct of investigations and-or inquiries, which may lead to a notification being made to the bureau under section 19.