Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 38:

In page 33, line 41, to delete “public administration” and substitute “harbour management”.

This amendment goes back to our old friend, the harbour master, and the skills that role requires. The Bill currently reads:

In considering whether to appoint a person to be a director of a company (not being a director to whom the requirements of paragraph (a) apply), the Minister shall have regard to the desirability of there being appointed persons with wide experience and competence in areas such as.

I thought harbour management might be a desirable characteristic rather than or in addition to public administration. It is a skill which is at the core of the Bill and the purpose for putting forward the amendment. It might be a moot point as to whether this would form part of the Howlin guidelines, but it is useful to take the profession of running harbours into the legislation.