Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Yes. It would be very helpful if the Minister of State would elaborate a little more about what he means regarding the independence of this body, who else will be on it and how it will be selected, so we can be satisfied that it fully addresses the concerns we have raised in our amendments. We do not wish to call votes for the sake of it. We would like to say that the Minister of State's amendment covers the matter and, therefore, our amendments are not required as the Government has listened. We would like to be able to say that, but it would be helpful if the Minister of State could elaborate a little more.

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