Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Yes. In amendment No. 69 I give the wrong reference. It is section 37(3) which states: "A person with whom the Minister enters into a service agreement under section 74 may for the purposes of enforcing this Act, appoint in writing, with the consent of the Minister, such persons as he or she considers appropriate to be authorised officers for the purpose of all or any of the functions that the person may exercise under the service agreement." It is totally at the Minister's discretion whether the person has such competencies. The amendment seeks to insert the words "submit the names of persons he or she considers appropriately qualified to be authorised officers for the purpose of all or any of the functions that the person may exercise under the service agreement to the Minister who may appoint in writing any or all such person to be authorised officers." The Minister should do the appointing.