Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

We will come to that. Given there is an attempt to create checks and balances and suitable scrutiny of proposed regulations in relation to certain aspects of the Bill, that seems to be undercut by this general provision under section 3, which says that the Minister can make any regulations about any aspect at all. Why do we have certain sections where the Minister makes regulations and he or she has to check them against various bodies and have transparency around them, and then have a different provision which simply says that the Minister can make any regulations at all on any aspect of anything mentioned in the Bill and there is only a loose requirement that they may consult with the commission?