Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I need to ask a question. I understand what the Minister of State says when she talks to us all the time about the expertise that is available in the IAA. Two things have come together rather unfortunately in the middle of this Bill; one is my amendment and the other is the impending departure of the CEO of the IAA. Surely to God the IAA experts cannot advise the Department on the short-listing of the next CEO, which means it goes to a contractor to provide that because it does not have any other expertise. Are we really going to hand responsibility over to some contractor to appoint the next CEO, or to advise the Department on the next CEO that the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, will appoint? It does not sound right, if the Minister of State gets my drift. I would much rather that we had an employee who was there and who the Minister could trust, and who-----