Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. McCarthy and Mr. Carrie for being here today. As a new Deputy and member of the committee, I appreciate their appearance. Deputy Farrell touched on the question I wanted to ask. Having read some of the turgid legal texts from the past 20 years, I would find a summary of information very helpful, perhaps some form of aide-mémoireor precis, as Deputy Farrell noted. This does not mean we cannot read everything but we would have the key points available to us. That would be very important because members to whom I have spoken, some of whom are present, alluded to the fact that it takes a long time to read all the documentation. I do not know who would provide a summary - perhaps the staff of the committee - or if the resources are available to do so but it would be very helpful. This is a laborious process which takes a long time and I am in favour of simplifying matters rather than over-complicating them. I thank Mr. McCarthy for his presentation which I found very helpful and beneficial.