David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 8:

In page 6, lines 12 to 14, to delete paragraphs (b) and (c).

The purpose of this amendment is to ensure we have adequate scrutiny of regulations and maximum oversight and transparency. I understand that section 4 as it stands will remove the requirement to lay regulations before the Oireachtas in draft form. The substantive Act of 1994 was amended in 2001. We propose to transpose those changes in this Bill so that other than for the sections deleted, regulations shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each House. We want to ensure the Oireachtas has the opportunity to deal with these regulations. This is important. While we are moving to the kind of private insurance based model the Government is moving towards, there is an even greater need to scrutinise these regulations and that is the reason we have tabled this amendment.