Feargal Quinn (Independent)

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 7, line 27, after "development" to insert "(including training, education and development outside the State)".

This amendment is intended to avoid the situation, which might otherwise arise, where the authority wished to send people abroad for training and lacked the powers to do so. The thrust of the subsection as a whole, quite rightly, applies to employment in the tourism industry inside the State. That is fair enough but a narrow reading of the subsection could support the view that the training must take place inside the State.

I noted it because the George Mitchell Scholarship Bill, which came through the House, applied only to study inside the State. I put down an amendment to it which the Government was reluctant to accept. However, it examined the amendment overnight and adopted it. It was interesting to see that of those students who came from America to study, two of the first six studied in Northern Ireland. I mention this because it might be helpful. I suggest that the Minister consider including the amendment to avoid any doubt.