Ms Jacqui McCrum:

There are probably a couple of things I can say. Under the construct of our legislation at the moment, the Chief of Staff is directly responsible to the Minister for discipline and the delivery of his responsibilities. I am the Accounting Officer in legislation. Under the Commission on the Defence Forces, we are looking at the whole command and control area, which is called C2. That is looking at how we are constructed, which probably plays a part in what the Deputy is talking about as regards where the accountability lies and why the person cannot come in front of the committee to be questioned on it. We are looking at command and control. That is an issue that will come to the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence in the coming months, with a view to reviewing whether this is appropriate going forward.