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

I thank Ms Gibney.

I thank all our witnesses today. We look forward to ongoing engagement. Can I get agreement to publish the opening statement to the Oireachtas website? Agreed.

As this is our final public meeting before the recess, I thank all members of the committee for their patience and understanding and all their work since January. I wish to say a particular and sincere thank you to the staff in our secretariat, who do a huge amount of work, sometimes in the background. We would all be lost without them.

We have discussed a range of topics but there has been a huge focus on issues arising from the mother and baby homes report. A sincere thank you to everyone, including all our witnesses, who engaged with us over the last session. We very much look forward to continuing the work in September. On that note, we do not have a date for our next meeting so we are adjourned sine die.