Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I extend a sincere thanks to you all for appearing today by video-link. We look forward to ongoing engagement with witnesses on this and on related matters. For people who have tuned in and are interested in this topic, this is the first of our public engagements. We imagine that there will be other public meetings on this matter. The public submission process is still open as we extended the deadline. That process is open for anyone who would like to submit a written submission until 1 p.m. on 23 June 2021.

Again, a sincere thank you to you all. We need agreement to publish the opening statements to the Oireachtas website. Is that agreed? Agreed. Senator Seery-Kearney, would you like to come in?