I move that the Committee agree with the Seanad on the following amendment:—
SECTION 3.
In page 3, at the end of the section, a new sub-section added as follows:—
(4) Every Order made by the Minister under sub-section (1) of this section in respect of a board or committee which is in existence at the passing of this Act—
(a) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as conveniently may be after it is made, and
(b) may be annulled by either such House by resolution passed within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after such Order is laid before it, and
(c) shall (unless so annulled) come into force at the expiration of the time within which it may be so annulled or, where a date is specified in such Order for its coming into force, on that date or at the said expiration, whichever is the later.
The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that any Order made under Section 3 of the County Management (Amendment) Bill shall be considered by both Houses of the Oireachtas, if they so desire, before the Order comes into operation, and that if a decision is come to by either House the Order may be annulled by resolution. In view of the terms of the amendment, and of the need to get this Bill through as soon as possible, I should be grateful to the House if it could see its way to accept the amendment to-day.
