Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

It was included to provide a further requirement such that if the CEO of a health board, for instance, did not feel, for any of a variety of reasons, that he could implement the decision of the complaints officer, he could refuse to do so. We decided to remove this provision completely to make the legislation more transparent and ease the bureaucracy. Consequently, Government amendments Nos. 17, 18 and 19 are simply technical amendments that remove text that refers to the deleted provisions.