Ms Mary Moylan:

The reporting under the code of governance between a semi-State body and the Minister is primarily through the chairman, who is responsible for keeping the Minister informed. I suppose the main route of reporting between the authority and the Department and Minister was through the annual report. The Minister would have met the chairman from time to time. Aside from that, the sections dealing with the Docklands authority would have had regular dealings with the authority in relation to various matters, such as staffing. My role was not to report to the Minister on the activities of the board.