Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As another example, an organisation seeking funding and lobbying Tourism Ireland could be doing so based on the exact same proposal as a local authority but it would not be exempt. I could return to public bodies with education and training boards. They may wish to lobby the Department of Education and Skills and education authorities for funding for a series of courses, but people in the private sector providing education resources could lobby for exactly the same course and they would not be exempt, which is not right. CIE can lobby the National Transport Authority left, right and centre, but private sector operators for bus and other routes are not exempt.

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