Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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I refer to the point Deputy Munster is making. I hear everything Dr. Hiney said and I welcome his personal commitment to engage fully with us. I have no doubt about that at all. The question is the relationship between the local authority, as it will now be, and the port authority and the issue of democratic accountability to that forum either by way of membership or consultation. I do not see anything amiss with what Dr. Hiney seems to be saying, namely, as that consultation goes on the members of the council will surely have a view on what they would like the manager to do and the manager is accountable to the elected representatives.