Seanad debates

Tuesday, 3 December 2002

National Tourism Development Authority Bill, 2002: Committee Stage.

 

This amendment could have been discussed with amendment No. 17 because it relates to the same topic. If we are going to exclude, whether it is right or not, members of the European Parliament and Members of the Oireachtas from State bodies, I do not understand why we do not extend that exclusion to members of local authorities. If there is a good reason for doing it for the former classes of representative, it should be done for the last. I accept the weight of the argument against me and I am not going to pursue it, but I understand that the Minister must have turkeys for Christmas. We should give this matter attention in the years to come. It is worthwhile asking why we start at the top rather than at the bottom. If we are to have a rule, we should make it universal.

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