I move amendment No. 3:
3. In page 4, before section 10, to insert the following section:
(1) The Minister shall cause a copy of every order made by him under this Act to be sent, as soon as may be after the order is made, to each member of each House of the Oireachtas.
(2) Every order made by the Minister under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either such House within the next seven days on which that House has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.
(3) Non-compliance with subsection (1) of this section in respect of any member or members of either House of the Oireachtas shall not affect the validity, or the coming into operation, of an order made by the Minister under this Act.
This amendment is to meet the points made by Deputy Dillon, Deputy Corish, and others on the Second Stage. Under subsection (1) of this new section, each member of the Oireachtas will be sent a copy of the order made under this Act "as soon as may be after the order is made." That is an innovation. I do not think such a provision exists in any other statute. Every member of the Oireachtas will now be put under notice, so to speak, that this establishment order has been made. This is being done to meet the point made by Deputy Corish.
Again, to meet the point made by Deputy Dillon that there was no provision in the section, as drafted, for annulling an order if either House so desired, we are introducing this amendment to cover that situation. Having regard to the fact that copies will be circulated, we have reduced the time from whatever the normal number of sitting days is down to seven. I think that should be sufficient time for any member to move that an order be annulled.