In the current climate where many State authority boards are packed with party political hacks, the amendment proposes to introduce into the new authority a new system of appointment of members of the authority whereby persons would be appointed on the basis of what they knew rather than who they knew. This has been the case, by and large, through the years, but it has not always been the case. The amendment proposes to establish a process whereby persons who seek membership of an authority would have to come before a committee of the Oireachtas before their appointment could be ratified.