Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for coming in. It is very helpful to us in the work we are going to do following on from our consideration of all their presentations. I thank all the people who submitted but could not be here because, sincerely, we could not invite everyone in. I particularly thank the individuals who sent us in really heartfelt submissions. I feel it is important to acknowledge this.

I was interested in Ms Mulcahy's reference to the figures increasing, and the picture is quite stark. Does she have any evidence as to why this is or has she just collated the figures?