Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry, but I am only going by the public record. No one in his or her right mind - I certainly include the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, in that context - could believe it was fair or proper to say that there should be nine members as a quorum, of whom five should be lay members. If ten members turn up and four of them are lay people, the meeting will dissolve. How ridiculous is that? Only someone who was overpowered by a desire to achieve a particular outcome would insist that it be part of this legislation.