Ms Sinéad Gibney:

Deputy Collins asked what the committee could do in terms of actions. I urge members, within their political groupings, to urge their colleagues at local authority level to engage with the equality review process. All local authorities now have until the end of August to come back to us with information on what they have done to address any issues that have been identified, and also anything they plan to do within a certain timeframe. That will bring us to a position where we then consider any potential next steps that we might take. Within that window, it is a good time for councillors who want to show leadership in this area and effect change, as well as staff in those local authorities, to do so. In terms of what members can do, if they were to urge their colleagues to engage with this process, that would be wonderful.