Mr. James Kelly:

An independent complaints mechanism did not come up in the recommendations of the expert group in 2015, which is the meat on which the heads of the Bill are based. The issue came up in the public consultation we ran earlier this year. We considered it at that point but, as I mentioned to Senator Hoey, we concluded that it might be covered already in the existing functions of the inspector and the role of the Office of the Ombudsman in investigating HSE complains. As I said, the document is a living one and we will consider anything that emerges from the committee's pre-legislative scrutiny. Nothing is final until the legislation is passed.