Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the delegation and thank the witnesses for their presentations. Mr. Saunders made a point in respect of a review mechanism in the legislation and its effect. There is a provision in head 10 or head 11 for a reporting mechanism back to the line Minister on the number of cases, the applications for review, etc., but there is not any role envisaged in that reporting mechanism for the Houses of the Oireachtas to be informed or consulted on its continuing operation based on the experience of the legislation to date. Can Mr. Saunders flesh out in greater detail his idea of a review mechanism in the legislation? I refer in particular to head 4 and how that might be expanded to include the Houses of the Oireachtas, or is that something to which he has given any consideration?