Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would also like to put a number of points to Mr. Towey. I am a bit perplexed, confused and perhaps even frustrated as a member of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications Networks. Maybe I have totally misunderstood this process but I believed that this had to come before the committee for ratification and yet Mr. Towey has told us that Ms Rose Hynes is the chairperson-designate. Presumably she is leading all the meetings, taking the executive decisions a chairperson would take and being remunerated. Could Mr. Towey confirm if that is the case on all three counts?