Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is precisely the issue when I engage with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association, IALPA, and ask how it will be funded, how it will work and how it will be structured. Those answers are not there, which is fine, but this must be done through the aviation stakeholders' forum. We are talking about trust and confidence in what is potentially a really important national peer support programme. That is where we need that collaboration to be able to put forward a proposal for which I said I am willing to legislate. It needs to be done through that stakeholders' forum, however. It needs to have the trust and confidence of airline pilots and all those key stakeholders who will be using this potential national peer support programme.

With regard to the review, the Government amendment requires the IAA to review the peer support programme within 12 months. That review in itself will feed into the work of the stakeholders' forum when it is formulating what could potentially be a national peer support programme. We want the best policy and legislation that has the confidence of all stakeholders with regard to protecting those who need that peer support. Again, my door is open with regard to crew peer support. I want exactly what all Senators want, which is to ensure people have confidence in it and that it is workable and that we know how it is structured, how it will operate, how it is funded and all of these issues. That is a commitment I have given here repeatedly. It needs to be worked out through the stakeholders forum, however. I would be really obliged if Senator Doherty would press the amendment.