Ms Moyagh Murdock:

I continue to disagree with that position. The remit of the RSA involves conducting research into any policy decision we will recommend to Government and we did not have that research. This is such a new topic that other jurisdictions are playing catch-up. We do not have any evidence other than what we conducted during that report. Time is of the essence. We must come back to the Oireachtas with information that will help formulate policy. We would not have been able to do that on our own.