John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It relates to the way the committees have been formed. We do not make any decisions in public session. We invite people in.

As Deputy Ellis pointed out, the reason we invited the community groups today is so we could hear from them in advance of 26 November. To fulfil our role, we must consider the presentations being made today in order that they inform us for future meetings with other stakeholders. We will consider in private session all of the issues raised, including the issue of the submission.