Marie Sherlock (Labour) | Oireachtas source

My second brief question relates to another very strong recommendation. Great credit is due to ITI, FairPlé and SAOI for the enormous work in terms of the research and bringing to light the experiences of women, and to ITI for bringing it together in systematic fashion. The second recommendation is with regard to strengthening reporting and support systems. We heard from FairPlé and SAOI regarding the need, as they see it, for an independent agency. The witness talked about the anonymous centralised reporting facility and how it is being rolled out in certain universities. What is the infrastructure as the witnesses would see it? Is it an independent agency or something else? Is it run out of one of the Departments? We saw the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin's, response to the report and the call for an independent agency was not reflected in that response. We will be calling on the Minister to engage with the witnesses. What is the witnesses' view on the infrastructure and, indeed, if other countries have done it well and if we could learn from that?