Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Does the witnesses accept it is less than satisfactory, having regard to previous predictions? If we look at the high-level steering board, which has been working for quite some time, it is chaired by the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach and consists of the chair of the implementation oversight group, the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, the Secretary General of the Department of Defence, the Secretary General of the Department of Justice, the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, the Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Secretary General of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. There is no reference to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. One can, therefore, see how we are frustrated if we are told by the various stakeholders involved that this is an issue for Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and that they know it is working away on it. Nobody really knows what outcome or timeframe is going to be. Are the witnesses in a position today to give us new timeframes, timetables and deadlines, accepting, as Mr. Murtagh does, that this is one of the most important aspects of the work that the independent oversight group does?