Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Why did the Government not make it a six-year term if that argument was solid? It is making the appointment a three-year term. Aside from the points that we have made about depoliticising this operation, many people, even very good ones, stay on boards for too long. Consider the teaching profession. Some of the most brilliant teachers have stayed in it for too long and do not do their jobs as well anymore. As to politicians, most of us spend too long in the Oireachtas as well.