John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

It is not proposed to accept the amendment. Bord Fáilte Éireann has had an acting chief executive officer for the past 15 months, Mr. Niall Reddy, who has done an extremely good job and is to be congratulated and thanked for it. My understanding is that when the chief executive officer is absent the secretary would be designated to take over his functions. This is something which happens quite regularly, for example when the chief executive officer is abroad the designation takes place.