Mr. Barry Donoghue:

Yes. If there was a case involving a fatality where a State agency was involved, for example, a member of the Garda Síochána or whatever, we would have always given reasons because of European human rights law. However, in 2008 we developed a policy.

Part of the difficulty - it will be part of the difficulty from next Monday as well - is the question of resources. We have limited resources and we do not know the extent to which the victims directive will impinge on those resources. The policy since 2008, as far as I am aware, has worked reasonably satisfactorily.

I cannot say everybody who has got a letter from us is happy with the reason. Clearly, there is a great deal of trauma involved in these cases, for the victims' families. We have provided very detailed reasons in those cases since 2008. We also have tried to engage with victims. I mentioned in my opening statement that we have leaflets on how we do our work. I also mentioned in my opening statement that the National Adult Literacy Agency is heavily involved with us and has provided us with very useful support to make sure that our communication with victims is user-friendly.