Mr. Justice Alan Mahon:

Section 4 sets out the types of occurrences or actions that I can investigate. It is an important section in relation to my jurisdiction. Unless a case comes before me that I can reasonably and comfortably fit into one of the eight categories, then there is a question mark about my jurisdiction. Looking at the categories, in my view they do not adequately deal with any sort of interpersonal-type activity or misbehaviour. Therefore, I would be anxious that a number of categories would be added to that to deal with bullying, interpersonal and gender issues. There are probably five or six that could be added to it so as to give a comprehensive jurisdiction. I have dealt with bullying claims and no issue has arisen, but I do have concerns about the limits imposed by the categories in section 4.