Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I had allocated time to raise these points for the simple reason that we need everybody to feel that we have listened to all sides and that all members of the committee want to hear all sides of the argument; that committee members do not have a preconceived idea or want only to hear one version. We are here to listen to all sides. Whether the people who were invited decide not to take up the offer to come before the committee, they are doing their own community a disservice by not coming before us to make a presentation.