Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)

I do not agree with Senator Quinn. I agree with Senators Daly and Cummins because many public representatives are deeply involved in tourism promotion. It would be unfair to prevent them from becoming members of a body. If an agricultural committee was established and a member of a local authority was a farmer, it would not be right if he or she could not serve on it because he or she would have excellent knowledge of the area. I know a number of local authority members who have great experience of the tourism business. It would be wrong to introduce an amendment which would prevent them from being members of the body.