Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am talking about the fact that there are no prescriptive replacements for the Seanad. The Government does not seem to have an idea how it will scrutinise EU directives and have a proper legislative structure for doing so. While we might have a legislative deficit, we have a shocking legislative system whereby EU directives are not scrutinised. There is a proposal to take apart the Constitution and abolish the Seanad's constitutional function. However, I do not see how we will make our legislative structure better as a result of this. In fact, we will create a dysfunctional legislative process much worse.

A total of 594 EU directives were signed directly into Irish law by Ministers.