Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

When the powers of the Ombudsman were being extended to the Higher Education Authority, we said the first referral would come from Mr. R. Quinn of Sandymount because he could not figure out what the authority was up to either. I think less of that secrecy would be welcome.

While I approve of the way the Minister is treating new entrants, I wonder whether there is any basis in law for it. The Minister has said that all new bodies will be subject to what he is doing and I support that utterly. However, if the great ancestors of the Howlin and Barrett families had cars before car licensing was introduced, we do not provide in law that those two families are exempt from having to licence their cars forever and a day.