Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will deal with that because I want to go through each in turn. There are currently 24 external members of the panel. There is no threshold or limit to how many people the Minister can appoint. My plan is to appoint the current 24 members as members of a transitional panel so the group will be in place to act once the legislation is in place. They have a background as senior legal practitioners and industry experts. If it would be of help to Deputy Doherty, I will be very happy to share with him the list of names on the current panel, in case he does not have it. I am informed it is publicly available but I can give it to him during the committee meeting. When he sees the list of people, he will note their backgrounds are in financial services, law, law enforcement and financial services regulation.