Mr. Niall Brunell:

I will not speak for IHREC because it is independent in its function and I do not think it would be appropriate.

Broadly, I think the issue the Senator is really getting at is where things are not being done where the lever is to make sure that things move along. We are extremely conscious of that in developing the NDS. What we are looking to specifically design coming out of previous strategies where there may have been delivery issues is to ensure we have robust and credible monitoring mechanisms so that alongside the independent monitoring role and alongside relying on individuals taking cases to prod the system along, we have systems, procedures and structure in place to make sure that where something is stalling, there is a process there to bang heads together. We are seeing that even in the development process where we have huge assistance in leadership from the Department of the Taoiseach and where we have had really strong ministerial engagement on the strategy as well. We will look to build that into the structures under the next strategy.