As the House will be aware, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin I met representatives of GSOC some time ago. One of the things that came up was the legislation that imposed time limits for complaints. GSOC has advised us that it may take on investigations with interconnecting issues where it has to open up new lines of inquiry arising from information coming to light owing to statements it may have received or disclosures made to it, but that it is bound by legislation and cannot investigate such matters. Does the Government have proposals to amend legislation to give GSOC the necessary powers in these cases?

The GSOC legislation was reviewed and this House made changes to it last year. There are no plans to change it, but it can, and obviously will be, kept under review. There may be a need to update it and GSOC may approach the Government with changes it would like to see implemented.

It approached us about quite a number of changes when we were reviewing the legislation and we included as many changes as we could at the time. I do not doubt that there will be further discussions about the matter.

There will be a public sector standards Bill before that.

I am sorry, but the time available to us, 15 minutes, has elapsed. I apologise to the seven Deputies who have indicated. If they indicate early tomorrow, we may be able to take them then.