Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)

The section empowers the Minister for Finance to make an order to extend the application of the Bill and it would be intended to extend it to local authorities, health boards and vocational education committees. The Minister in that case may make an order after considering a report by the CPSA into the recruitment practices of the body concerned and after consulting with the relevant Ministers concerned — the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for the local authorities, the Minister for Health and Children for the health boards and the Minister for Education and Science for the vocational education committees.