John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

The Minister of State will be delighted to know that. The message is clear. A proper appeals mechanism is required, as far as the Opposition is concerned. I appended my name to the amendments because I do not see provision for such a mechanism in the Bill. In any system we need to have fairness and justice, and also what we call a separation of powers so the same people who are making decisions in regard to subventions are not those who will make later decisions. The amendment is based on common sense and I do not know why the Minister of State would reject such a sensible provision. I ask the Minister of State to reconsider the matter.

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