Ms Maria Graham:

One of the areas that the organisational review suggested was that the nominated bodies could do it and that it would then go to the PAS system to look at that.

The other alternative is simply to have it open to the PAS system, and for the legislation to specify the range of skills that are required. We are probably veering more towards that, without coming to a final conclusion. One would not leave it completely open. We have to be conscious that the concept of the board is that there is broad expertise and a mix of expertise, so it is looking at those elements. As the Deputy knows from the State boards process, they go through the process and the suggested names come forward to the Minister. The concept is that we will have this resolved by September, but, equally, we are interested in views. We have discussed it at the planning advisory forum but there was nothing distinct.