Ms Emily O'Reilly:

The amalgamation of offices was first mooted in the McCarthy report which came out in 2009 and various levels of amalgamation were proposed. It was proposed that An Coimisinéir Teanga would be merged fully with the Office of the Ombudsman. It was proposed that the back office administrative functions of the Ombudsman for Children would come under the same remit. It was also proposed that the Data Protection Commissioner would come under the broad umbrella of the Office of the Ombudsman. Very little has been done. Mr. Morgan has been tic-tacing on this.