Mr. Phelim Quinn:

I apologise. I misled the committee earlier and should clarify that. In summary, section 8 of the Act provides HIQA with the power to monitor against nationally mandated standards. That refers to the proactive report HIQA would undertake. Section 9 of the Act has two parts, one that enables the HIQA board to determine whether or not there is significant risk to the welfare or life of individuals and therefore initiate an investigation at the request of the HIQA board. A further part in section 9 enables the Minister of Health to initiate an investigation.