Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That concludes our engagement with the witnesses. I thank them for coming. I propose that we publish the opening statements on the committee's website. Is that agreed? Agreed.

As I mentioned at the beginning of the meeting, it was not possible to invite all those who made a written submission to participate in the meeting due to time limits. We appreciate them having done so. The contents of the submissions have been noted by the committee and will be included in any report the committee publishes on the topic.

I thank the other stakeholders that made written submissions, namely, the Law Society, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, the National Women's Council of Ireland and the Victims Alliance. We have had an excellent, balanced representation from those working in the area. On behalf of the committee, I thank the witnesses for taking the time to participate in our meeting on this important topic.

I suggest that the Joint Committee on Education also discuss this matter with the Department of Justice. Given that the Joint Committee on Justice deals with the outcome of these issues rather than their source, I fear that our successors, 20 or 30 years from now, will still be dealing with those outcomes unless we intervene, in an intergenerational way, in how we educate our children.

As there is no other business arising, I will adjourn the meeting.