Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Department pays the person. That is fine. I am concerned now that the chair would need to be almost an expert in consultancy and everything else rather than an expert on the issues we are dealing with here. It is quite a specific skill set. Normally, from practice, chairs of new bodies, certainly when appointed by Government, are former Supreme Court or High Court judges, retired civil servants or people of that calibre. Now we expect them to be able to apply - I do not know - and to show how they will spend the money. Is it the case that they have to provide the financial backing or financial explanation as to how they will carry out this work? I do not know if other people are confused but I am confused as to how this is coming about. The chair should be appointed and the Department should fund the chair to carry out the work thereafter.