Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

I can clarify the position. There was an advertisement for board appointments put through the Public Appointments Service system recently. There have been five appointments and they are in the system at the moment. Warrants still have to be signed. Within that group we have legal expertise, financial expertise and experts in the dog sector.

Indecon recommended desirable board expertise in marketing. I am unsure whether we have a person in marketing yet. The point the chairman was making was that if we wanted to expand the size of the board we would need primary legislation. We are drafting heads of a Bill at the moment. We will be reflecting on the appropriate size of the board in the context of that legislation.