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

I thank Mr. O'Sullivan. In terms of procedure, perhaps he will send those submissions or thoughts to the committee. We can include them in our deliberations and they can feed into the report. That is probably the way to do it. That would be useful to the deliberations. The committee will produce the report and submit it to the Department and others in the usual way.

I thank everybody for their engagement. I thank our witnesses, in particular, for their written submissions and questions and answers today. I thank members for their participation and interest. Deputy McNamara does not normally attend the committee but came in for this session. He is welcome to do so, as is any Member who wishes to contribute to one of our sessions.

I propose we publish the opening statements on the committee website. Is that agreed? Agreed.

The committee will meet again on Wednesday, 3 November, when we will meet first at 4 p.m. to discuss housekeeping matters. It will be a virtual meeting and can be attended remotely, if required. We will then have a formal meeting at 5.30 p.m. to discuss the important topic of women's shelters and domestic violence refuges.