Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Each of the four submissions has been enormously informative. I compliment the witnesses on the clarity of their responses. The joint committee is moving through this material quickly and it is evident that some members, myself excepted, are quite expert while many of us have a lot less expertise. Consequently, this session has been extremely informative and definitely will inform the process in which the Minister and the Oireachtas are engaging to prepare this legislation and presumably its ultimate passage in whatever shape it will take on foot of the outcome of these deliberations. I thank the witnesses for their attendance and submissions, which I emphasise have been extremely helpful in the case of all four contributors.

I propose members take a five-minute comfort break. On a formal note, I seek the joint committee's agreement to do what I have been saying it will do all day, namely, to publish forthwith all the submissions on the committee's website, including all the additional documentation, as well as the summary by the clerk to the committee, Mr. Lenihan, of these submissions, which also would be helpful. Is that agreed? Agreed.