Ms Mary O'Connor:

On the gender quota aspect and the governance code point of view, the Federation of Irish Sport provides a board recruitment service. Essentially, we have a database of potential male and female independent directors who are highly qualified in legal, finance and other areas of expertise. We have seen a great increase in the number of national governing bodies accessing this service. It is great, because that provides independent directors on boards as well. That aspect is important for succession planning, as well as in helping to bring about balanced and informed decision-making at board level. I leave it to Dr. May and Ms Stapleton to address the steering committee query.