Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Do any members wish to comment further?

I thank Ms McCabe and Mr. Lowry for their contributions. I also thank Ms McDonald, Mr. Hinchy and Mr. Hickey for their attendance and for engaging so comprehensively with the committee. They have given us much food for thought. This initiative appears to be very ambitious and, if done in the correct way, very worthwhile but there are still a number of obstacles to overcome. I think that would be a fair comment. We might have Ms McCabe and Mr. Lowry back in as this issue progresses. Mr. Lowry got the DCC correct. He did a very good job on it in a very short period of time so he has a track record and good form on this. We will be guided by him and Ms McCabe and we look forward to further engagement. We want to get this right. We have to move to the digital age but at the same time we must protect the rights of citizens, particularly our own citizens here in Ireland. Is it agreed the committee will now go into private session to decide our next steps? Agreed. I thank everyone for attending today at such short notice.