Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)

The difficulty arises with subsection (1)(c) where nominating bodies are given the power to nominate members or to recommend members to be appointed by the Minister. I have listened carefully to the Minister's reply. As proposed by the Minister the board will be nominated by the Minister with no nomination from the voluntary sector or the community sector and this is fine. The board is the Minister's creature, if I can put it that way. There will be the Minister's people on the board. It will be a board of ten members with a chairman. If four members are to be nominated by bodies this will strengthen the board. It will give the board some independence.

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