Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I would like to clarify who has been invited to appear. We made a call for submissions. We had a process whereby people could apply to make a presentation to the committee as part of their submission. Every group that requested the opportunity to make a presentation to these hearings has been invited to do so, including Ms Sherlock's group. It would have been inappropriate for us to put conditions on who could make the presentations. That is not considered appropriate. All groups who requested to make a presentation are being allowed to do so without condition.

I call our final witness, Professor Donal O'Shea, to make his presentation.