Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for coming in. Listening to them has been very useful to the committee. I wish to let them know what our process is and what we are trying to do. Reform of the family law system is a big part of our work programme for the year. We have heard from today's witnesses and from other people in previous weeks. Our final sittings will be next week. At the end of this process, we will produce a report with recommendations based on the expertise we have drawn on. We will deliver the report to the Houses of the Oireachtas and the Chairman will launch it. Hopefully, it will have some impact in changing what we think needs to be changed in the system based on the witnesses' expertise.

I will start with a couple of questions for Dr. Coulter. I commend her on the excellent work she does in reporting family law cases. She said there should be a dedicated reporting body. Is the child care law reporting project sufficient, or is something more than that needed?