Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I have another set of questions. I also sit on the Joint Committee on Health. I realise what Mr. Gunning is trying to say and that a report is coming. However, I find the lack of numbers really frustrating to deal with as well as the lack of surety on this project and the related projects. It is incredibly frustrating when it comes to giving any meaningful oversight.

I want to return to something that was mentioned in the opening statements, which is the resignation of the chair of the board. I want to understand a little about the process to appoint a new chair of the board. What is the timeframe for that? What is the timeframe for the interim chair?

Mr. Gunning touched on a related issue in that he joined in 2019. I am aware that in the process of large projects and contract implementation institutional knowledge of what has happened and what has been said in rooms is really important. I would like to understand this in terms of the board. We lost a specialist in procurement in October 2019. We lost an academic who was an expert in corporate governance in December 2019 and we have now lost the chair of the board. How many on the board now were in place when the board was put together? How many of those had some involvement in the project or some knowledge of the project, for example, in July 2016 when it began on-site?