Ms Clare McGrath:

There was no terms of reference as such. The national implementation plan sets out the role of the two groups. For example, the role of the interdepartmental group was to co-ordinate the high level policy for the implementation of all aspects of the programmes and policy works, to review the programme, to provide feedback and to progress relevant activities within Departments and principal stakeholder obligations. In the case of the national CFRAM steering group, its role was to co-ordinate at an operational level the implementation of specific programmes and to report on those and provide feedback. There was a role specified but not at a terms of reference level, which came later. People were operating to those roles. Within that, as I said, there were specific thematic areas in regard to the interdepartmental group around developing policy on flood warning and developing policy in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on planning guidelines, all of which happened.