John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will now ask FBD to come into the meeting so we will suspend for a few moments. The witnesses are welcome to stay in the Public Gallery if they wish to hear the next part of the meeting. I thank each and every one of the witnesses for coming before us today. Their stories are similar to ones we have heard before and I am particularly thankful to them for being so direct. It is an issue that needs to be overhauled and dealt with immediately and there has been far too much lip service given to the work that needs to be done. This committee intends to revisit this as part of its agenda. We have the responsible Minister before us on 29 May and all of this will be put to him. Then it will be up to each and every member and political party to pursue the matter through the House because it is having a grave effect on every single one of us in society, in business and in the voluntary sector. I thank the witnesses for putting their case.