Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)

The Minister seems to have covered this issue by providing that at least one member should be a woman and one a man. I approve of the approach whereby the third post is open to the most appropriate candidate.

On the section, the Minister proposes to establish a Garda Síochána executive management board, which seems to be a pale imitation of an independent police board or Garda authority. The proposal seems to be a substitute plan on the part of a Minister who has set his face against the establishment of an independent police authority.

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