Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

There is one other thing. We do not intend to take part in the legislative process. Our function is extremely limited. It is to look at a draft statutory instrument and to say that this is of sufficient importance. This is all we can do. We can look at it and say that the sectoral committee should be warned in advance that something is coming down the track. That committee should ask the Minister to explain why he or she is proposing to address it in the particular manner that has been signalled to us. That is all we are asked to do. It is a very narrow and limited thing. We are not here to second guess any Minister.