Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am very familiar with both but particularly with the latter. The committee feels the visits are an important part of the address of the issue, especially for members who have not visited either centre before. I have been to both. We will also be in the land of emergency accommodation as there are many so-called clusters in that part of the country I am honoured to represent. Unfortunately, it is not something of which the people there are most proud.

I thank all of our guests very much indeed. They are the last representatives of the NGO sector to come before us. We are dealing with officials at our final hearing next week. On behalf of the committee, I thank Ms Ward and Ms Ahern, who have attended previously. It was lovely to have them back and I thank them for their contributions. I thank the two Fionas, Ms Finn and Ms Hurley, who have travelled from Cork. I had expected Deputy Ó Laoghaire to start off there as he has a tendency to relate to home base first. However, he did not and put Dr. Liam Thornton in that position. I thank Dr. Thornton also, who had perhaps the shortest journey to be with us today. I wish the witnesses the very best. We invite them to join us for a photograph at the conclusion of the meeting. Further, I put them on notice that we will extend an invitation to them when we publish our report in the autumn. We hope that our deliberations over the remaining period will lead to a report with which our guests will find satisfaction.