Mr. Tony Smyth:

It is my responsibility to convene meetings. I have chaired a couple of the group's meetings. The reason I suspended the group was because we had reached a point where it was important for the work of the committee that we would carry out the technical assessments, hydrology and other work that would inform other parts of its work at a later stage. The group was reconvened in the middle of last year as we head reached the point that we could inform a more whole-of-government approach. Other issues arose in the interim that were taken on board at the point of reconvening of the committee and definition of its terms of reference. That was informed by the work and experience of the technical delivery of the CFRAM.