Mr. Michael Horgan:

I am not sure. At one stage there was a conversation about looking at an overarching regulatory body that would undertake a number of inspections. One could see, for example, that HIQA and the Health and Safety Authority could do some things together. Other areas are so diverse, however, that it would be hard to do that.

We are trying to get to a stage where we will only inspect high-risk areas, while the others will comply in some other fashion. We have not yet come up with a solution but we will be working on that over the next 12 months. Such a solution would allow us to put resources into the areas that need attention.