Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There was a level of informality in board governance in that if it had been communicated by Mr. O'Donnell to the chair, it would probably normally have gone through a board meeting or been entered into a board pack and so on, but there was that informal connection between Ms Bradley and the chair. Again, that points to an informality of governance that might have happened for very legitimate, logical reasons. That informality of governance does not rest with Ms Bradley but with Mr. O'Donnell. Staff members should not report directly to the board on any operational issues. As a board member, the only time I ever speak to a staff member is if I have to sign a director's form. I would never speak to the head of wages, for example, for any of the boards I am on. It again shows a level of informality.

I will switch to the departmental officials because I think they got a little off the hook. We have spoken about IFI for a long time. There is a senior counsel review, a McCann FitzGerald review, and a Garda investigation. Effectively, there is no fully functioning board. Will the officials give us an update on where we are as regards a full board appointment, the McCann FitzGerald report, and why, when the senior counsel's report stated that there was no reason for the board members to resign, they were asked to resign?