Senators have raised a number of points relevant to the legislation, and I would like to deal with some of them. Senator Phelan and others expressed concern about the power of the Minister to issue directions to the authority regarding the delegation of functions and to issue policy directions. On a point of principle, it is important to have that power. Developments can arise which call for such delegation. The emergence of Tourism Ireland from the North-South co-operation process is an example of an important political development which had to be accommodated. The type of body to which the authority can delegate is restricted. With the exception of Tourism Ireland, they are all bodies over which the authority has considerable control. In other words, delegation is kept within the family.