Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Will that not be the case as the legislation is drafted? If the Minister does not specify that the individual should represent the business community, for instance, and he or she does not come from the business sector in terms of the being nominated by the bodies that represent him or her, then potentially the individual could be appointed to the board because he runs a local shop and, therefore, he will not represent the business sector in the wider sense. That is one of the fears I have as the legislation is drafted. I understand what the Minister is saying and I do not know how we can rectify that but, potentially, we could have a scenario where people are nominated and co-opted onto the boards because of who they know and not on behalf of those they should represent.