Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 8 substituted ?(3) A person? for ?(4) A person? and the Minister is seeking legal advice. As I am not sure my amendment contradicts what the Minister has said, I seek to indulge the patience of the House. I sought to delete the section stating: "A person may not be appointed as an appointed director unless he or she is a person who is an employee of the Executive holding the grade of national director in the Executive." I am trying to facilitate the Minister in his reforms. Does this tie his hands unnecessarily? There could be a person who had experience as a private hospital manager, a health insurance company manager or, as the Minister mentioned earlier, somebody from Scandinavia. I put forward these thoughts. I know the Minister is seeking legal advice on the matter, but that was what I had in mind. In performing this important task the Minister's hands should not be tied. That is the spirit in which I offered amendment No. 9.