John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)

I will go back to the two board members where the Minister has a function in terms of appointing them. Mr. Kelly outlined the current situation, which is that there are two vacancies on the board at this point. From the perspective of the board having those two vacancies, does Mr. O'Brien think it is critical that they are filled by the Department and the Minister in the first instance? If there is no intention by the Minister to fill those, I am sure Mr. O'Brien, as chair of the board, would like to see those two vacancies filled.

He might outline if he thinks there are any deficiencies or weaknesses within the board that those two additional members could remedy.