Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 21:

In page 16, lines 13 to 17, to delete all words from and including “(1) The” in line 13 down to and including line 17 and substitute the following:

“(1) The regulator shall consist of—

(a) a member (in this Act referred to as the “chairperson”) designated by the Minister to chair the regulator, and

(b) seven ordinary members,

of whom at least three shall be persons appearing to the Minister to be primary producers.”

We had a good discussion about this on earlier Stages of the Bill. The objective is to increase the number of primary producers among the ordinary members of the board from two to three. On Committee Stage, I committed to increasing the number of primary producers on the board from two to three and this is provided for in my amendment. I also considered that a slight editorial amendment was needed to provide for the option of the chairperson being one of the three primary producers.

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