Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

However, it could be the effect of the inclusion of this amendment. We might consider the Senator's proposal in general terms. It is not our intention that there should be no communication with the complainant. We might discuss this with the authority, which would have experience of pursuing complaints to establish if there is a mechanism by which certain milestones could be articulated to the complainant, such as communicating that the authority is close to prosecuting or in general terms that it is making process. However, beyond that it cannot, by definition, go into much detail, otherwise it would compromise the investigation.