Vol. 449 No. 4
52 Mr. D. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the appointees to high office in this State who, it is envisaged, will be obliged to report to relevant Dáil Committees under the Government's recently published Dáil reform package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3667/95]
The Government's programme envisaged that all appointees to high office in the State, e.g. the Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Governor of the Central Bank, would attend at the relevant Dáil Committee, as appropriate and subject to the legal constraints of their office.
In our proposals for Oireachtas reform, which were given to the Opposition parties on 24 January, we proposed that the terms of reference of relevant committees be changed to provide for this commitment. It will, however, be a matter for each committee as to whom they may wish to request to attend so long as the person concerned is relevant to the issue being considered and is legally free to attend.
