Ms Geraldine Luddy:

Although the title is chair, this person will actually do a considerable amount of work and will be required to be paid for that work. The independent person who will lead this review will have to collate the evidence from the three different strands as well as look at other peer-reviewed studies, talk to stakeholders, do some desk-based research and look at terminations in other countries. He or she will have to do a fair bit of work and analysis and then make recommendations based on the evidence he or she is given on the operation of the Act. It will take time and work from the individual and, therefore, he or she will need to be paid for it. That is where we are. As for the amounts, I honestly do not know what it will cost at this stage but it is very likely to be in excess of €25,000, which is the ceiling before which you go to national tender.