Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I agree and echo the views of other members. We often find that when petitioners get responses, they are happy with it.

We will move on to No. P00011/15. The petitioner is concerned with the regularity of scanning during pregnancy. The committee agreed to look at this as there could be a public service oversight issue. However, as there appear to be errors in the text and there have been difficulties in contacting the petitioner, unfortunately, we have to close the petition at this stage. It is agreed that we close it.

The next petitions are No. P00025/15, No. P00026/15 and No. P00027/15. They are all related to the Syrian refugee crisis, although coming from different perspectives. Our committee has agreed to correspond with the petitioners outlining that the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality and the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade have both given significant attention to these matters. We will send on the transcripts of both committee hearings relevant to the subject matter. We do not intend to reinvent the wheel as those committees have dealt with it comprehensively already. Is it agreed that we close the petitions? Agreed.