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- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: I am not the Minister for Health and Children.
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: Deputy McHugh keeps interrupting me.
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: Oh for God's sake.
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: Plainly the Deputy has not read the Bill. There is no proposal to put councillors on the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland. I have made five appointments already and the Oireachtas committee will make the balance of those appointments. There is absolutely no intention to have councillors travelling to any meetings of Inland Fisheries Ireland. The Deputy's assertions seem to be based on...
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: That is all in the Bill. If Deputy McHugh had read the Bill-----
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: -----he would understand how absolutely irrelevant his point about the councillors is-----
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: -----because there are no councillors on the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland-----
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: -----nor do I intend appointing any. All I am doing is introducing an amendment in response to Fine Gael and Labour Party Senators who I thought had the very good idea that we should not put into legislation matters that discriminate against councillors being members of boards if they have specific qualifications or expertise----
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: ------that legitimately allow them to serve on any public board. That is my personal point of view.
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: This idea about-----
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: There is no question about councillors travelling and racking up expenses-----
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: -----in one side of the country or the other in the Bill. There is no intention of appointing councillors here.
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: Deputy McHugh should read the Bill before he starts talking about it. That is all I am saying.
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: Deputy McHugh clearly has not read the Bill. There is a thing called homework-----
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: -----and sometimes one is required to do one's homework and read a Bill. The Deputy can explain it to his constituents.
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: It is not provocative.
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: There is a requirement that people read the Bill.
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: I will certainly take that on board. I emphasise it is a nine member board so inevitably the emphasis must be on expertise and people who are suitably qualified to deliver the change and reform required in the inland fisheries sector. It will not be a case of, in the proverbial words of Gay Byrne, "one for everyone in the audience". I cannot assure the Deputy with regard to all of these...
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: I wish to record my personal thanks, and I am sure the House would also like to pay tribute to all of the people who participated over the years, particularly the outgoing members of the regional fisheries boards for the service they have given to the inland water resource. It is not often said and it would not be right to finish our conclusions here without recording very strongly our...
- Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (20 May 2010)
Conor Lenihan: I would welcome such a debate if Deputy McHugh decides to initiate it. It would be timely. On the locks agency, I am not sure whether it is a bureaucratic monster yet. I will meet with him on that because I am anxious to hear if an agency is becoming overly bureaucratic. I would like to hear his comments.