Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Kingston for the very extensive documentation he has provided to us. It is most helpful. We are not always experts in various aspects of our work and it is really helpful when we have somebody of Mr. Kingston's background and knowledge to provide information to us. Like Deputy O'Rourke, I am more interested in hearing to the broadest extent possible how we might proceed from here because there is a concern that we are in effective breach of a European law because of the structure of the committee. I ask Mr. Kingston to respond to that point. Resignations have taken place and it is not possible to appoint others until the Bill passes.

From Mr. Kingston's knowledge and experience of the landscape of investigations that are out there, or potential investigations in the event of any accidents in the interim, are we creating a lacuna where an investigation might fall or might fail to be heard because we have not effectively filled the board, albeit with the limitations it currently has?