Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 November 2015
Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed)
2:00 pm
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I can understand the rationale behind the Deputy's amendment. I shall go back to the broad thrust of my response so far which is that if we are saying that a port of a particular size is best located within a local authority, it continues to be my view then that it is up to the members of the local authority or its chief executive to decide how those review clauses can be used. I believe that some of our ports are best managed by them and, therefore, I would trust and enable them to make those decisions.