Ms Patricia Byron:

In my short time with the authority, I have been taken by the board’s interest in this area. A number of board members question where the resources will be placed and how they will be located. We have an upcoming session on it. I think it is just before Christmas.

In terms of employing people, we have sanction, which is great, but finding the right people is an ongoing issue for us, in the inspectorate area in particular. The area the Deputy is talking about is equally technical and scientific; many might say it is even more so. In some respects, it is quite intangible. A person’s perception of being bullied is one thing; a person's perception of being the bully is another. My experience as a senior executive in the private and public sectors and chair of a number of public sector ARC committees in recent years is these matters are increasingly coming up and taking time.