Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I can understand the rationale behind the Deputy's amendment. I shall go back to the broad thrust of my response so far which is that if we are saying that a port of a particular size is best located within a local authority, it continues to be my view then that it is up to the members of the local authority or its chief executive to decide how those review clauses can be used. I believe that some of our ports are best managed by them and, therefore, I would trust and enable them to make those decisions.