Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Thank you. I will bring this session to a conclusion. The committee was anxious to address this issue but we were waiting for the heads of the Bill to be prepared so we could discuss them. However, we were given to understand that it might not happen until next year so we decided to go ahead. The Minister might not be able to stay but we will be talking to two other stakeholders and the board members in the two next sessions. The transcripts of that will be available. However, there are a few key points which are quite simple and easy to identify. We hope that some of the recommendations we will make in a preliminary report would feed into the drafting of the heads of the Bill. That would be helpful because it would save us from having to do this all over again and we could go straight to Committee Stage in the interests of expediting the legislation.

All matters have been mentioned. I thank all the members and non-members of the committee for their insights and valued contributions. I might appear to be a hard taskmaster, but it is in the interests of conducting the meeting in a productive, constructive fashion. The Minister and his officials have been given a great deal of information. We will have more from the stakeholders.