Mr. Paul Kenny:

Yes; there is a right of appeal to the High Court, and State bodies do avail of it. It very rarely happens that a complainant will appeal, because they are usually lay people who might not have the resources to do so. Occasionally, we get a pensions administrator or trustee who decides to appeal a case. Public service appeals include those taken by semi-state bodies, two of which were lodged in the past couple of years. In fact, the last two appeals we won were brought by semi-state bodies. Of the live appeals at this time, several have been brought by Departments.