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

The legislation is very open in the context of what the Minister proposes. It does not state that governing body members must come from a particular sector. Therefore, we could have a situation where a majority of the external members could come from the business community or some other sector. What we are trying to do is to define membership. My amendment suggests it should include X number of members of local authorities. It should also include X number of members from ETBs to cover the technological university area. If we are to have a wide range of competencies on the governing body, we need to take this into account.