Ms Carol Boate:

When I first got the Act, I looked for that section which states "thou shalt advise the Minister" but there is no such section in this Act about advising generally. If I felt there was a major flaw in the powers in the Act, or if there was something in the Act I was not able to achieve, I would bring that to the attention of the Minister.

If the Minister or the Oireachtas believed changes need to be made to the licence or to the Act, I would obviously advise on what they might look like in practical terms.