Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Minister has clarified that and it was a key question. Was it the case that when the first renewal was given to extend the term from seven to 14 years, there was a condition attached to it that under no circumstances should there be a further renewal? If that was the case, the Minister has indicated that in its press statement HRI says the board had mandated a previous chairman of the board to act on its behalf to deal with the CEO’s contract, that mandate lapsed and responsibility for it fell by default on the next chairperson. If it was the case that there was a stipulation on the first renewal of the CEO’s contract that it should not be renewed again, what is the Minister’s view of what the board is saying today, that it mandated a previous chairperson and that mandate automatically defaulted to the next chairperson, who then came to the Minister, and to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, without first getting the consent and agreement of the board for a business plan or authorisation to go to the Minister, against the direction given alongside the second renewal?