Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2021-12-15
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Paul Gavan (SF), Labour Panel

I appreciate the Minister of State’s answers and her constructive comments about commitments the Minister has made. I will try to make my point in a non-adversarial way. There have been real concerns about communications from the Department in recent times. Our concerns about that are why we need some more oversight. If we have particular concerns about particular statutory instruments that are introduced suddenly, as they often are, we should have a means of holding the Government to account. Again, our key emphasis is on parliamentary oversight. That is why we want to press this particular amendment. I do not think there is much more I can say.

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Sitting date: 2021-12-15