John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If people do not cry stop in a situation like that, it just trundles on into a bigger problem. Now we have the same board in place. I do not cast any doubt over any of the members, but in terms of good governance, is there not a timeframe for length of service? If I am not mistaken, some of the board members I have looked at are on the board of CIT as well, and have been for a number of years, which means there is cross-over. Not alone is there cross-over, but there is also a cross-over from the time this was going on within the VEC to a time when there is a new nameplate on the door of the ETB. As I read good governance and practice, there is a timeframe for service. What we have seen is long service within the VEC, and when the new entity came in the individuals who had served for years were able to serve again because this is a new entity.