Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will offer a last comment. The statistics that the Deputy cited regarding RTE were interesting. It is not that the situation will be so overpowering in terms of the numbers that will choose to remain. Two of 21 opting leaves 19. It is not necessarily that they are going into retirement. Some may be going on to some other form of employment or activity in life. That is a choice, as the Deputy has emphasised time after time. There should not be any nervousness about the potential outworking of this Bill's passage. Absolutely, I hope that the Taoiseach is watching this morning. He should be. There we are.

I thank Deputy Brady for his engaging with the committee today. The clerk will prepare a draft scrutiny report, which will be circulated in due course to members of the committee. As I have already indicated, the Minister will be included in this circulation as an ex officiocommittee member and invited to submit observations or propose amendments to the draft.

The committee will suspend for one minute, which we are required to do, and will then resume in private session to deal with housekeeping matters.