Ms Geraldine Tallon:

I clarify that in July 2006 the Minister launched the DDDA annual report in the CHQ building. Whether that involved a meeting with the chairman of the board, I am not sure. However, I note what is reflected in the diary. Although the first board member was Mr. McCarthy, who is sitting to my left, after a year it became the general practice in the Department that the head of the planning division was appointed by the Minister to the board of the DDDA.