Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

I understand the substance of the amendment and I would like a brief comment on it to show that the Minister has taken on board the issue I raised. To me it seems a more elegant solution to simply allow people who elect a person to represent them to have this included in the Bill. The Minister is saying here that representative bodies elect their representatives and the Minister cannot refuse to appoint them. This seems like a clumsy and awkward way to provide for the exact same result. Sometimes there is a sense that the Minister has a control requirement that results in these peculiar arrangements. Still I welcome this and withdraw my amendment in favour of the Minister's.

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