Ms Shirley Groarke:

As currently drafted, the head refers to the chairperson nominating a member of the board. We will look at the drafting of this head with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and, more than likely, it will reflect the provisions in the Land Development Agency Act. It may be reworded to refer to the chief executive of Irish Water rather than the chairperson of the board nominating. In practical terms, we expect that when Irish Water is called before the Committee of Public Accounts, the chairman may, with the chief executive and Irish Water's finance officer, attend that committee. We will look at this again as part of the drafting process.