Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I take the Senator's point that some of them do it out of pure patriotism and for the good of the community. Some of them refuse to do it because they do not like being under the spotlight and do not like the kinds of controversies that emerge. I will not be invidious here. There are boards where people's attendance records are not adequate and that should be addressed. That is at its most basic because I do not know what goes on behind closed boards when they are meeting or what homework they do. There are boards where, very obviously, people are not attending properly and that should remedied by either replacing them or getting them to turn up. I think the suggestion is a good one.

The Chairman talked about the officials to meet. That should be fine.

There was a question on the Ballyvourney-Macroom road. Perhaps Mr. Mullaney could respond.