Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

It would help to meet the Bill's objective and make matters more transparent to the 10,000 members of the force. Membership will be 14,000 when the Minister is finished. This is a sizeable number of people to be without a representative on the committee. I will go along with the Minister but I suggest the amendment should be considered as it will not take from the Bill. The Minister knows where I am coming from, as far as my Seanad nominating body is concerned.