Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 10:

In page 40, line 20, after “subsection (2)” to insert “and (3)”.

This amendment has been tabled to ensure drafting consistency if amendment No. 11 is accepted.

Amendment No. 11 seeks to provide in section 17 that where the Minister seeks to delete particulars entered into the register under subsection (1), he or she must first seek the approval of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Throughout the pre-legislative process, there was much discussion of the powers given to the Minister of State or the Minister under this Bill. Later amendments seek to provide consultation with civil society. Obviously, there should be provision for consultation with local authorities but the Oireachtas must also have some role in these discussions. There must be engagement with the Oireachtas. That is where the amendments are coming from.