Dr. Theresa Reidy:

In the last couple of months, Professor Farrell and my colleague at UCC, Fiona Buckley, were involved in the audit of the 2011 election. Again, the data that have come back from that have been very strong in regard to the impartiality and effectiveness of the staff who are involved in the conduct of polling and the counting of votes.

There is not seen to be any difficulty there, which is why we talk about consolidating these functions and providing structures and guidance. There are examples of very good practice in this position already.