Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not expect that.

I appreciate the delegates' attendance. They have been very frank. We need a cohesive industry. HSI is an important player in this, as are the affiliates. I have gleaned that there is probably scope for compromise in the matter. There is an opportunity for HSI, having regard to the formation of the board, to revert to what were the old advisory councils and the associated nomination process. That is the way to move forward. If it is the case that one or two directors have to be added to bring in expertise not already provided for within the four directorships, HSI can do that. Before now, and in advance of the Minister coming in, I would have been recommending to the Minister that he direct HSI to pause the current process of appointing directors and revert to the old one involving the nominees from the four advisory councils, but I suspect there is something of a meeting of minds. I encourage HSI to go the full journey because, for the sake of the industry, we need unity at this time. The best path to unity is to get a board everybody agrees on. I hope that can be an outcome for HSI. Again, I thank the delegates for attending and being frank with us.