Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Timing is crucial and this Bill will be crucial. Ms Thornton has requested the Bill head be changed, which we need to address. It is worrying this is going on more than 20 years. Everybody is getting older and children are growing up. For me and the committee, the timing of this Bill will be crucial, as will how we make sure we get this Bill right, because, we need to do it right this time. We have an opportunity to change things and that will happen this time. I also want to address the comprehensive leaflet. That is really important. Communication and access will be absolutely vital and a comprehensive leaflet will be so important to access information. What more can we do on that or what do the witnesses feel we should do to address that urgently? That is one of the tools going forward.

I was going to ask about the social workers and counsellors. That has been addressed in that there needs to be a qualified counsellor on this. We are dealing with people who have been heartbroken and have gone through so much. We have to make sure the counselling they receive is the proper counselling they need. It is all about finding the right ways to make sure we address the witnesses' concerns. I thank them and ask them to come back to me on the comprehensive leaflet and what we should be looking at in that. All the witnesses spoke about how one gets the proper information. We need to make sure that when the information is given, it is all the information, and people can access it themselves; we must ensure it is not pieces of paper. I again thank them very much.