Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I want to indicate that while an amendment by Senator Boyhan was ruled out of order we may bring back more amendments on Report Stage in terms of allowing for subject matters contained within section 4.2 to be subject to further consideration beyond the cessation date of the Act. That relates to section 4. While we are not opposing section 4 at this point, I do want to indicate that Senator Boyhan had wanted to give the Minister powers to amend Schedules 1, 2 and 3 by regulation and had looked to certain areas that might be amended by regulation under section 4. I want to signal that we may bring amendments in terms of section 4 and the kinds of regulations the Minister may make under that section, including specifically the kinds of relevant institutions that might be included within Schedule 1, the kinds of persons who might be referenced as having spent a length of time within the relevant institution and the other categories. I indicate our intentions to engage with many of the same subjects we spoke about and indeed other subjects that could be addressed by the Minister through regulation under section 4 and that we may bring amendments in respect of that.