John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

My legislative priorities are the two Bills from this Department listed on the Government legislation programme for the spring session of 2007 — the Irish Sports Council (Amendment) Bill and the Bord na gCon (Amendment) Bill. The purpose of the Irish Sports Council (Amendment) Bill is to provide for the granting of powers to the Irish Sports Council to establish subsidiary companies.

The Bord na gCon (Amendment) Bill is intended to give effect to the recommendations of the recent Dalton report into certain matters affecting Bord na gCon. The Bill deals with the reconfiguration of the board, with particular reference to the number and tenure of ordinary board members and the tenure of the chairman, and the need to separate regulatory functions from promotional functions, both of which are now the responsibility of Bord na gCon.

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