Ms Aisling Kelly:

A number of separate issues arise. First, I acknowledge the thanks of Deputy Rabbitte in respect of the thousands of volunteers. More than 14,500 adult volunteers give their time every day. That number is in excess of the number of gardaí in the country. My husband thinks that I have taken on a second job because, after we put the children to bed, I sit down in the evening and work for four hours a night on this. We have to acknowledge that there are thousands of people doing very good work. The staff in Larch Hill have been exemplary in their dedication to Scouting Ireland.

I will address the comments relating to the independent barrister's report. I share Deputy Rabbitte's concerns about the response time for the report.

However, this is an independent process and the minute we start putting deadlines on it, we will then have a question mark with regard to whether or not due process is followed. It is something we are following up with regard to instructing solicitors and it is a concern of mine. I can see Deputy Sherlock shaking his head. Perhaps he has a follow-up question.