Dr. Laura Cahillane:

We have seen that the Citizens' Assembly process can be useful. As Ms O'Connor mentioned, when this was considered in 2013, it was only considered in a limited way, so there is certainly scope to look at it in more detail. We have to be careful that decisions to refer issues to citizens' assemblies are not used as a delaying tactic by the Government, because, ultimately, the Oireachtas is a citizens' assembly as well.