Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 67:

In page 16, line 42, after "section 19" to insert the following:

"or any Project Working Team established under section 20".

The project working teams will be established to carry out work on behalf of the agency so it is reasonable to extend the agency's powers to regulate the business and procedure of the project working teams. Amendments Nos. 67 and 70 are designed to facilitate this.

On Committee Stage I accepted an amendment to extend the immunity to the consultative groups. The provision providing for the project working teams was also introduced on Committee Stage, so it is appropriate the same immunity should extend to members of the project working teams. Therefore, I will also move to recommit the Bill in respect of amendment No. 88.

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