Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I just wanted to clarify that.

On the clarity being sought on the issue, is this really a mechanism to give people money and to allow the Government to get around European regulations? Is that the purpose behind this? The dread of any legislator is where legislation states that the Minister may make regulations for the purpose of this section to provide for the following: the amount of the grant, the eligibility criteria, the application procedure, the information to be provided by the persons - I assume PPS numbers will not be part of that - general administration procedures and any conciliatory or auxiliary measures the Minister considers necessary. Basically, the Bill states that the Minister can write the law and make up any regulations he requires, and this section gives him the absolute power-----