Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I understand the misunderstanding. Perhaps, however, the Minister might help me a little on a more general level. He stated in answer to the last question that they did not come up for annual review, which is true. They should, but they do not. That is something at which the Minister might look. Will he tell me what evaluation procedures the people concerned come under? The reality is that while he has spelled out that there is a new system in place which is in its infancy, an appointment is ultimately made by the Minister on every occasion. Even in the worst of the publicly quoted companies, under the new code of conduct, all directors must be subjected to an annual evaluation process. It is unsatisfactory, but it is at least a gesture to the need for an evaluation process. I do not know whether that happens annually or if it happens at all in the case of directors of semi-State bodies.

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