John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

It is proposed not to accept this amendment. The effect is to require electronic publication of accounts and reports. It is considered unduly prescriptive to include such provisions. The authority is obliged under section 8(5) to have regard to the policies of the Government for the time being extant. In cognisance of this, Bord Fáilte Éireann's annual reports and accounts are as a matter of routine published electronically on its websites. If in the future it discontinues this practice the Minister can direct it to be reinstated under the terms of section 13. The confusion has arisen because Bord Fáilte does not put it on the usual website. It is on the Bord Fáilte Éireann trade promotion website.