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Select Committee on Enterprise and Economic Strategy

SECTION 47

Will the Director of the National Museum be able for all these new duties because he features prominently here? Is it a responsible and onerous job. Would he have the capacity to judge and adjudicate on all the points mentioned here?

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Gerry O'Sullivan Mr. G. O'Sullivan Labour Party

Normally what would happen if this matter came up — I do not think it would arise that often — the director would be able to delegate authority to his staff to check out the value of a wreck.

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It is implicit in the Bill but it is not stated.

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Gerry O'Sullivan Mr. G. O'Sullivan Labour Party

The director can also consult any experts he wishes to bring in himself.

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It would be logical for the responsibility to be delegated to the director of a museum at local level.

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