Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

That remains to be considered by the Government in respect of the composition of the board for the organisation. This issue was raised at Farmleigh and three weeks ago at the NMSC. There have been meetings at a bilateral level between the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, and Mr. Sammy Wilson, MP, MLA, his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive, who have had good amiable and constructive discussions explaining precisely how we see this operating. Many concerns or initial worries that members of the Northern Ireland Executive may have had have been adequately dealt with as a result of those discussions. There will be a continuing liaison between the Minister for Finance and the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland for the purpose of ensuring people are in the loop as to how matters are progressing.

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