James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Deputy. That is noted. That concludes our engagement on the matter. To do a little housekeeping before concluding the meeting, is it agreed we publish all the opening statements received today on the committee's website? Agreed.

That concludes our formal consideration of this topic. The committee will prepare a report in due course which we will publish and which will include a summary of today's discussion and all the submissions that came in. It was a good, robust and constructive engagement. I thank all the witnesses who participated and all the members for their questions, comments and deliberations. It was a very useful meeting.

As there is no other business, the meeting is at an end. The next meeting of the joint committee will take place at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 6 October, to consider a number of housekeeping matters. I ask members to note that in their diaries.