Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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Ms Hall expects then more work to be done in the not-too-distant future, hopefully. We will take a note of that point in respect of the legislation because we are likely to be making a report on this and that kind of detail is of value.

On the legislation, we have seen at the committee over the years mergers and amalgamations and very often systems do not talk to each other. Mergers are more complicated than anticipated, sometimes, and the preparation for it is not there. What work is going on at the moment before that merger that would make it work more smoothly? There is obviously some degree of overlap, in any event, and the last thing that we need is duplication and a lack of boundaries as to who does what. Has the authority identified such issues?