Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Section 37 is no longer required as the amendment to section 36 removes the director general's power to appoint a separate cohort of case resolution officers. Sections 36 to 39, inclusive, of the Bill, as published, provided separately for the appointment of case resolution officers and mediation officers by the director general to ensure that parties to complaints referred to the director general had access to a range of early intervention options. The proposed amendments provide for the appointment of a single class of mediation officer who will deliver the full range of early intervention options. This is a more streamlined and efficient arrangement from an internal operations perspective. No reduction in the scope of claimants' and respondents' access to early intervention will result.