Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Would it be preferable when there is so much money? We are speaking about €14 million being given in the coming year to the IGB. Would it not be right and proper to have someone from the Department on the board to ensure the board is spending the money properly and can report directly back to the Department? Mr. Gleeson said he meets the IGB only once a year. Only for the Comptroller and Auditor General no one would know what was going on. Only for the fact he presents it here to us we would never know what was going on with regard to oversight and proper management. It would be a good idea to put someone from the Department on the board. That is why I am asking the question.