Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Whelan might send a note on that because it is of interest to me. As colleagues have mentioned, there is an impact, which the witnesses acknowledged, where complaints are made. Some of them are serious and obviously have to be investigated - I am not questioning that - but where a case has been outstanding for that length of time, that has an impact on the individual's career, on the complainant, if the complaint is true and accurate, and also on the organisation locally because, as Mr. Justice MacCabe said, the superintendent or the chief superintendent has to sign off on whether that individual can continue to serve in his or her current role. A note on that would be beneficial.

What impact will the new legislation have on those outstanding cases? I acknowledge what the witnesses said about there being a two-pronged approach, whether that is a criminal or internal investigation, but what will be the impact of the new legislation?