Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the young people to the very packed Public Gallery.

I cannot accept amendment No. 18. The legislation is clear that the public service position of interim chairperson will be open to all existing public and civil servants. It is appropriate that this position can be filled, as a matter of urgency, by a person who has been previously suitably vetted by the civil and publish service. For the same reasons, I will also not be accepting amendment No. 46.