Jillian van Turnhout (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely, and I am very satisfied with the answers. One thing I did not raise was more of a comment on the issue of board fees. Professor Kilkelly said she was not taking board fees. For me, if this was a business or corporate issue there would be board fees and we would all accept that. We need to attract people to the board and if that means we get people who are independent, will make the time available to come and have the commitment to the service there should be no hesitation in doing this. In the children's area we feel we have to stand back and I just want to note this. It is very difficult when we put people in certain positions and we would not have the same expectation when dealing with adult issues. I know the closing date for the board is tomorrow and I am not applying or anything but we should be attracting the best people and the fees should be commensurate with the service they are giving to the State.