Irish Corporate Governance Code - updated FAQs

I'm guessing the "video conferencing" absentee-landlord insurance company directors have lobbied hard over in Ireland in the last few months, as the very extensive FAQs already issued have had to be supplemented.

Lexology do a nice summary of the main additions to the FAQ doc, which other than a couple of more genuine clarifications centre around the very important topic of attendance at meetings. Video and teleconferencing are now permissible, provided directors attend "wherever possible".

Troubling in some respects, particularly with Ireland likely to be used for hub and spoke purposes under Solvency II - I would ready myself for a series of "family issues", "plane delays" and "medical emergencies" that prevent a decent number of directors from fulfilling their physical attendance duties over 2012, followed by a themed inspection from the Central Bank!