Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

They are appointed by the Minister. Certainly its chairman, Pat McLoughlin, was appointed by the Minister. The former Comptroller and Auditor General, John Buckley, was a member of it for a number of years but I do not think he is any longer. It carries out a review and oversight function. It may be this committee has an avenue to ask questions about how all of this is operating and that gives it some assurance about what is being achieved at local level.