It does, it will match in with the report on Oireachtas reform. The committee in question will bring forward a set of proposals in respect of a number of areas. That system has only been in place for a short period and Deputy Quinn excluded it during his questions. The only matter of a legal nature to which he referred involved the Chief State Solicitor.
The Nally report recommends that county solicitors should be removed from the remit of the Attorney General and placed under that of the Director of Public Prosecutions. That proposal is under consideration.
It may be my fault or that of the House, but the view among members of the public that all of the positions on statutory committees and boards are filled by means of appointments made by Ministers of the day is incorrect. It is obvious that the Cabinet of the day has no responsibility for the majority of appointments to the various boards and statutory organisation. Considering the involvement of the Judiciary, local authorities and the Civil Service and Local Appointments Commission and the fact that State boards are now in the private domain, there are not that many positions to which appointments are made by the Government. However, I take Deputy Quinn's point that there are certain important, full-time, permanent and pensionable posts to which appointments should perhaps be made in another way.