Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

First of all, I thank the Rehab directors for coming in, eventually. The session so far has reminded me more of Hamlet without the princess or the prince, than of anything else. We now have got the witnesses as second best to explain what happened and apologise for not being able to tell us a lot of what we wish to know. That is regrettable and it emphasises the need for us to bring in Mr. Flannery and Ms Kerins even more so because of the witnesses' inability or refusal - or the constraints on them - to answer the questions we wish to know about.

It seems to be quite obvious, and maybe the witnesses can confirm this, that the company or the group was being run by the executive, and that the board was not necessarily in control of what was going on. I do not know whether the witnesses think that is fair. The fact that they have admitted fault is very helpful in that we can identify the problems, although the solution is more difficult.

In view of what Mr. Kerr said, particularly about the lapses which have occurred, can he tell me who is calling the shots at Rehab?