Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The second matter is the issue of whether, in the case of proposed European directives and regulations, more should be done about analysis here. I suggested that the Seanad would set aside two days a month to go through regulations and directives much more comprehensively than is being done. There was a recent example in the Joint Committee on Health and Children where the committee was advised to rubber-stamp a proposal on medical devices and I raised an issue as regards whether the medical devices sector had been consulted here in Ireland. After I raised it, the committee took a decision to write to the association dealing with medical device companies to find that there was not a considerable amount of consultation and they had issues with the directive that was going through.