Ms Eilísh Hardiman:

CHI accepted that there is contract of indefinite duration. It was accepted by everybody that there is a contract of indefinite duration. The Act that established CHI states that the Minister has to give consent. The Government policy is that a CEO of a non-commercial State body can do five years and no more than a second term. That is the policy position the Minister was quite right to apply and the board accepted it, so we just needed to resolve the issue then, which was a contractual matter.