Ms Helen Hall:

Yes, it is the Minister. I may not get this completely right, but it is the Minister who makes the recommendations and then the appointments are made by the Government. Ratification by the Houses of the Oireachtas then follows. I certainly do have anything to do with the appointments to the Policing Authority. Equally, the focus of some of the members of the Policing Authority at the time was very much on, and our focus now is on, ensuring appropriate treatment in respect of domestic sexual assault and any matters of that kind. It is front and centre. It would be inappropriate for me to comment on appointments to the Policing Authority. It would also be inappropriate for me to comment on something that went on in another jurisdiction. I do not, however, think it undermined the Policing Authority.