Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Drennan for attending today. As he said himself, this meeting has been preceded by correspondence spanning more than a year and a half. I am glad we have finally reached this point where we can discuss the heads of the Bill and other issues.

I want to reiterate that all discussions will be fact-based. I am going to be very strict on this. It is important we adhere to that.

On Mr. Drennan's earlier point, he offered the committee, with a view to discharging the duty to that committee, a submission. I want to put on record that after a discussion earlier, we have decided to take that submission and we thank Mr. Drennan for it. The clerk to the committee will be in touch in the next day or two. She will write to Mr. Drennan to put it on a formal footing.