I have much sympathy for Irish Seaplanes point of view but has he considered what the maintenance companies think of part M?
Most of us just want to get on with the day to day job of maintaining customers aircraft, all that this paperwork is doing is getting in the way! It is taking senior staff away from the hangar floor to produce tons of paperwork that has very little effect on flight safety. These staff would be much better employed inspecting aircraft and directly supervising the work.
I can't help thinking that part M will push up prices and reduce the safety standards because the paperwork will distract people from the important job of inspection.
I would be most interested to see what is happening in France over all of this and would look with interest at the way pat M is administered.