Brendan Ryan (Labour)

I compliment the Minister. I may have missed this before but section 13(7) is the first time I have come across the provision that a chief executive shall not take up particular types of employment for 12 months after ceasing to be chief executive. It is a welcome development although I would prefer 24 months. People in such bodies or Government advisers should not be able to move seamlessly from one position to another, where they can use information, however carefully or properly they do so. While I compliment the Minister, I ask that he be more demanding in the future.