Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That would be helpful. I do not know whether it relates to the power of a Minister, as his quote did not mention that. His quote referred to tearing up contracts and I accept that that was what the Act permitted. We will accept the Minister's comments, but he did not answer the question as to why these measures could not have been made by way of regulation, which is a different beast from a ministerial decision.