I agree with Senator Henry that there should be two psychiatrists on the review board in order that a decision on the state of a patient cannot be made during a meeting in which a consultant psychiatrist is not a participant. It is important to stress the independence of the tribunal established by the Minister, although he was required to do so and make it manifest by the European convention. There are always difficulties when other groups control expenditure and funding. Patrick Kavanagh wrote of "a lonely lecher whom the fates by a financial trick castrate". Departments and treasuries have a great capacity for frustrating the activities of watchdog bodies.