Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 7:

In page 15, lines 26 to 28, to delete all words from and including “Subject” in line 26 down to and including “Act:” in line 28 and substitute the following:“Subject to subsections (2) and (3), each of the following (other than an entity specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1, a subsidiary of such an entity, a body directly or indirectly controlled by such an entity, or an element of an entity specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1) shall be a public body for the purposes of this Act:”.

The intention behind this amendment is to provide that the exemption applying to bodies included in Schedule 1 will extend to subsidiaries of such bodies and bodies controlled directly and indirectly by such bodies. I want to withdraw the amendment so as to refine it and bring it back on Report Stage. I am in consultations with several bodies which have complicated subsets and I want to get a handle on the matter.