Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will ask the questions in one go, rather than stopping at each section. Could the Minister of State give some information on the timeline for the appointment of the chief executive through the Public Appointments Service, PAS, with respect to the possibility of an interim CEO? Is that the Minister of State's intention?

Section 58 limits the consideration of matters that are in the legal process or in court proceedings. That is completely sensible, but it does seem to have a retrospective application and I wanted to query if that is the case and why.

I might as well ask it now just to expedite things, in section 63(7), again in terms of the employment of consultants, could the Minister of State advise whether the public spending code fully applies to this or if there is a more restrictive level of transparency and accountability with the appointment of consultants?