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

Yes, I can appreciate that, Mr. Neary, but, there are two capacities, or maybe many capacities, but let me just focus on two capacities to which somebody can attend a meeting. Somebody could attend a meeting in their entirety as the person who has ultimate responsibility and deals with all engagements of that meeting, and walks out the door with there being no overhang whatsoever; and there are people who attend meetings on the behalf of an agency, an organisation or a group, who they then come back to and relate their activity on the domestic standing group, and that feeds into a line management level of responsibility and accountability.