Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Canal By-laws and Naomh Éanna: Discussion (Resumed)

3:05 pm

Mr. Greg Whelan:

We are uncomfortable with the five day rule and discretion. We have seen today the culmination of a commissioner's discretion. As the Senator said, there should be a defined process around that exception and that is something we could work with but there is, as she said, the need for clear, concise exceptions and how they could arise.