Mr. Gavin Lawlor:

In terms of the Deputy's comments on the committee system, we do not have a difficulty with the system. The issue is the transparency of the appointment of the committee members. It was actually Deputy Ó Broin's idea, in fairness to him, in terms of using the current panels to influence nominations on to that committee. We would have no difficulty with anything that would improve the transparency of a nomination on to that committee so that it is clear to everybody that a proper representative cross-section of society is there to look at members who will be elected on to the board. That would be our key concern.