Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. I do not disagree with where she is coming from in this regard. As Deputy Ryan will be aware, when one is making appointments and the chairperson of the board is looking for specific qualities or specific expertise, one may not have the required flexibility that one needs to make them along the lines of the amendment. There is a great deal of merit in doing what Deputy Smith suggests. There are three vacancies on that board at the moment and I am willing to try to facilitate having a person of the calibre she describes included on the board.