Chairman:

I concur.

I will move through some housekeeping items, the first of which is the approach to our work programme. In view of the short time available to us before the final report is to be produced, the committee needs to have a focused work programme that is both targeted and realistic. The work should result in meaningful recommendations that can be monitored and achieved over time. The Citizens' Assembly report contains all of the relevant evidence. As with the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, there is little value in trying to duplicate the assembly's work. Therefore, it is proposed that the committee should not actively seek submissions from the public and should seek expert opinion only where the committee agrees to that. Is that agreed? Agreed.