Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Which is a great position in which to be. In terms of their day-to-day work, they do not do anything different from the other directors. I would love to be in a position where I would not be obliged to stand for re-election at the conclusion of the term of each Dáil. However, that is not the way it works. There are rules to which the people concerned are obliged to adhere and, as such, there really is no difference between them and the other directors other than the fact that they are not obliged to stand for re-election.