Ms Emily O'Reilly:

We had a brief discussion this morning on that issue. We must decide whether people should apply to be members of the commission and articulate their interest in becoming chief commissioner or whether we have a separate application process for that position. We do not know yet. Equally, there is an issue around who applies for these positions and whether people expect to be tapped on the shoulder. How do we access people who might be exceptionally good but may not want to go through the application process? It is a bit of a conundrum and we do not have the answer to it because we must be very transparent. That is still in the discussion pot.