Professor Peadar Kirby:

I totally agree that is the record so far with the fiscal advisory group, so perhaps that would be the result with the expert group. I feel this is such an important issue that we need to build in as many safeguards as possible. Some future government facing these swingeing targets and suffering as a result of them might decide to appoint people to such a group who would offer advice that was a bit more conciliatory. We need the leading scientific advice on this most urgent issue. The Bill needs to reflect a mechanism of nomination of those people that will ensure the advisory group is made up of such leading scientists.