Brendan Ryan (Labour)

The Minister of State indicated in his response that the objective of the legislation was, more or less, to bring FÁS into line with other agencies and he has attempted to differentiate between agencies and semi-State bodies. I am not sure I understand the rationale or reason for that. It makes sense to have worker directors and it is beyond me why it makes sense to have worker directors on semi-State boards but not on agency boards. Will the Minister of State comment on that?