Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I move amendment No. 23:

In page 17, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(7) a member of the board who is a primary producer will not be subject to a determination by lot should the representative who retired in the previous year also have been a primary producer.”.

Our amendment was based on the assumption that two board members would be primary producers and, if one was selected by lot on year one, another primary producer would not then be appointed in year two so the experience of the primary producer would be lost. Considering the Minister accepted that there will be three primary producers on the board, and the clarification and new wording, we withdraw amendment No. 23.