Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely. I will outline a hypothetical situation to illustrate. If something is happening within a port with which the local authority is not happy, the local authority could invite the chairperson and chief executive to come in. The person or persons will come before the local authority but if the authority decides to require them to come in at another time, it has a new power which it can now use on top of inviting people to come before it. Since it is a new power, I do not believe it would be appropriate for it to be triggered with the same frequency with which invitations can be triggered.