Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

If the chief executive is responsible to committees of the House, she or he will doubtless devise mechanisms to prevent physical attendance on every occasion when the House demands her or his attendance. Amendment No. 25, which inserts section 24, states, "Subject to subsection (2), the Chief Executive shall, at the request in writing of a committee of the Oireachtas, attend before it to give account for the general administration of the Authority, including its strategic plans."

Maybe this does not cover specific things but I believe that in order to avoid multiple attendances, some hotline will be established so that the present system of parliamentary questions will be replaced by something of equivalent use to Members of the Houses.