Mr. Tony O'Brien:

It was established in 2014 and it was specifically established in response to issues that were considered here, in the aftermath of our review of compliance with public pay policy across a range of section 38 agencies and, indeed, what transpired as a result of that in organisations specifically like the Central Remedial Clinic. I established it precisely because I felt there was a gap in the architecture from the point of view of the HSE being able to satisfy itself, and the Oireachtas.