Lisa Chambers (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To return to the question about Ireland’s delegate, what is the strength of that position? I ask that question because it is not a democratically-elected position and we have no other way of feeding our views into this process. Criticism has been made about the democratic deficit and there being no accountability to elected representatives. How strong is the position of Ireland’s delegate in that context? It appears to be the case that an opportunity has been given to speak, which is great. Does the position go any further than that though? It seems to be a position that is quite limited, if I can put it that way.