Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The number overall is five, including the director. The legislation also provides for regulations to be made to define further the makeup. It is something I will potentially be able to do in the regulations, that piece around the practical farming aspect. If it is not necessarily in the primary legislation, we will put it into the regulations. That is the key objective and output here. The number overall is five, including either the director or deputy director. The panel can also sit in divisions of three.