Dr. Kevin Smyth:

I do not disagree with the Deputy. There is a very wide gene pool. There are consultants who might have the best of both worlds. They have the agriculture knowledge and the status and respect to be able to take the chair.

On the implementation of the recommendations and the timelines, we seem to have three types of recommendations. I am not pre-empting the decision of the Minister by stating that there is one recommendation we can do straight away where we do not require legislation. There are other recommendations in respect of which we might need to bring in a statutory instrument as secondary legislation. Undoubtedly, the slowest part will be when primary legislation will be required. This is what we need for the secondary review panel. We cannot avoid primary legislation for that.