Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

The make-up of the membership of the ETB board is set out in legislation and was debated in the Houses of the Oireachtas. An arrangement was put in place arising from that. The boards of the ETBs comprise local authority members and arrangements are in place for the nominations to the board from panels. In particular, on the question of governance in regard to financing and auditing, when the new code of practice was put in place, the Department in conjunction with ETBI, put briefing sessions in place for the members of the finance and audit committees.