Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept that and the Minister is very clear on that. The Minister's position with regard to other executives stands true in that but not with respect to members of the board because the committees recommend and the Government appoints, but it is on the advice of the Minister, in the same way that the chair is appointed by the Government on the advice of the Minister. If there are failures or questions over members of the board, then the Minister has a responsibility to say whether or not she has confidence in individuals who were there at the time when all of this happened. Is it the Minister’s evidence that she has confidence in those people?