Mr. Patrick O'Connor:

I thank Deputy Jack Chambers for his good wishes. As far as I can see, the resources that have been made available to us thus far are adequate. Time will tell, however. I do not envisage that the tribunal will be sitting that regularly but we will not know until we see what sort of caseload comes up. If an issue arises, I will not be shy in making it clear that we need additional resources. For the present, the staff made available to us in the Department of Justice and Equality are very adequate and extremely helpful.

The staffing issues in the Charities Regulatory Authority are in the public domain. As I understand it, the number employed in the authority is 36. I do not know whether that is adequate or not. The regulator or the chief executive, Mr. John Farrelly, would be the person to talk on that. Now that Part 4 of the Charities Act, the investigative side of it, has been initiated, it seems the number of staff will need to be increased. However, I do not know, as this is a matter for the Charities Regulatory Authority. It is positive that Part 4 has been initiated at least.