Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 75 proposes to require the director and-or agency officials to make themselves available to appear before the relevant Oireachtas committee. Section 25 already provides for the director to appear before Oireachtas committees. The concern is that it would not be possible to call the director before a committee once the office of the director is dissolved at the end of the process, which is when the final report would emerge. I appreciate the Deputy's concern. How we resolve it is complex so we must go back. I am not sure if we will be able to resolve it but I commit to checking with my officials whether there is a mechanism whereby we can ensure at least one attendance is possible following the dissolution of the agency so that the final report can be discussed with the director of the agency to ensure a full degree of accountability. We will work to see what we can do there and if we can do something, we will bring an amendment forward on Report Stage.