Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I compliment the Minister and will support any further measures he has in mind along those lines.

I will table amendments on Committee Stage. The concerns of the hoteliers about appeals and that the commissioner must be subject to checks and balances in his activities, are important. The agreement by Senator Coghlan earlier that the views of those directly involved will be heard and putting the McLoughlin report very firmly on the agenda for the Taoiseach's meeting with the Croke Park implementation group this afternoon, will give us a good roadmap on how we proceed with this. However, it is important that sectors of the economy that are struggling at present, with retail sales so heavily depressed during the recession, are not further burdened and that they feel they are getting value from local government.