Mr. Noel Curran:

That was asked by several members. It was not that there was no chain of command and that there were no editorial figures there on the night, but that there was confusion with the roles. The Deputy asked if that was usual. In my experience it is not. In terms of election debates, when I was editor of current affairs I would not have been in the box or the gallery but in my office watching the programme and ringing the gallery. That is just a personal matter. Other people do it in different ways. There was an unusual confusion that should not have happened and, frankly, will not happen again.