Mr. Terence O'Rourke:

As the Deputy knows, the code of practice for the governance of State bodies suggests there would be an annual review of the evaluation of boards. I did not think it appropriate to do it immediately I came in the door because the board was changing so I said we would do it later this year. It is best practice to do an external evaluation once every three years and I think we might do an external evaluation this year. In the years between external evaluations, you do a questionnaire-based thing, which I have seen work very well in Enterprise Ireland and the ESB.