Ms Niamh Ní Charra:

It would be very important that it would not come in under any Department but be independent. The Arts Council is not responsible for everybody and, for example, Comhaltas is funded separately. It is just one example and there are quite a number of other bodies funded separately. The body should be completely independent and have judicial powers. That is a major aspect of it. The Departments dealing with the arts or justice matters could be involved in informing how this gets set up, but it should not come in under any of them. There is precedent and we have listed quite a few in the briefing document. These are similar types of bodies that exist in other areas that have the independence that is so important and that have those investigative powers. They have the power afterwards to sanction where complaints have been upheld. Does that answer the question?