Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The section provides the new authority, the LRSA, with the power to appoint the member. I do not know what Senator Barrett said but it was something in relation to who that person would be. The authority has the power to appoint a member or members of staff to be a monitor for the purposes of attending the meeting. The new independent authority decides who the monitor is, so it is very much a function of the new authority to put the monitor in place.