Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages
Dail Éireann — 2021-12-01
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Eoin Ó Broin (SF), Dublin Mid-West

I am appreciative of the fact that this amendment has been tabled, but the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, did not answer the specific question. We argued on Committee Stage that a similar provision should be made available with respect to ministerial guidelines and policy directives. Is there a reason that was not considered? Given the significance of the policy directives and ministerial guidelines - the concept of guidelines being a little bit of a misnomer given they have the weight of law - surely some mechanism for Oireachtas approval should have been provided, if not necessarily by the Dáil and Seanad, at least by way of committee approval.

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Sitting date: 2021-12-01