Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

The amendment requires that one person from the Garda representative bodies be nominated to the audit committee. Were the Minister to consider excluding current or former gardaí from being a member of the committee it would go some way to appease me. I do not believe the independence of the committee would be affected by the inclusion on it of a former or current member with expertise in the area. My concern relates to the total exclusion of such people from the committee.