Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Page 23 of the Bill, which relates to subsection 25(3), states:

Before appointing members under subsection (1)(g) the governing body shall agree with An tÚdarás the competencies required of such members relating to areas such as business, enterprise, finance, law, corporate governance, human resources, community organisation or other areas relevant to the functions of the technological university.

Deputy O'Sullivan raised the community issue earlier. In regard to external members, we refer to one external member earlier in the section: "one external member nominated, in accordance with its or their own procedures, by the education and training board or boards in whose education and training board area the campuses of the technological university are located."

That ETB point is incorporated there, but the ETB itself would identify the external member. That is taken into account but I am not sure whether that covers the Deputy's point.