Seanad debates

Tuesday, 3 December 2002

National Tourism Development Authority Bill, 2002: Committee Stage.

 

The Minister has said he does not like the idea of a chief executive going around the country saying things with which the Government does not agree. If I was on the board of a company, I would sack its chief executive if he was saying he did not agree with the company's policies. That is the only thing to do when a chief executive behaves in the manner the Minister has outlined. I disagree, however, with the measures proposed in the section for solving such problems. We have to re-examine the matter to find a better way of running the authority without using words from another era like "the chief executive shall not question or express an opinion on the merits of any policy of the Government," as such words are almost as strong as one can get.

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