Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)

I apologise for the confusion on this matter. I was not party to the earlier debate and am only now catching up with it. There was discussion on whether employees of the board could be members of a local authority. I accept Senator Leyden's point in regard to members of the board. I see no difficulty in that respect other than procedural difficulties, in that we do not want any further delays. If the Senator will bear with me, we will check with the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel whether it is possible to delete the line in question. I accept there was a commitment given in this regard.