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

I take the point made by Mr. Collins. I thank him for coming before the committee. He gets to have the last word. I thank all of the members who participated. Some of them had to go back to the Chamber for other engagements. I thank all of the witnesses for coming before the committee. We have had an exceptionally good engagement. I thank all of the organisations, witnesses and those who made written submissions. Not all were called to give oral testimony, but I thank everybody who participated in the process.

This concludes our formal engagement on this matter for the purposes of pre-legislative scrutiny. I propose that we publish all of the statements on the committee's website. This means that anybody who did not get a chance to complete an opening statement will have it published on the website, pending the agreement of the committee. I believe the remaining members consent to that. It is agreed. We will do that. It will provide people with another opportunity to learn more about the process.

It remains for me to thank all of the witnesses for their engagement in these discussions. They were very illustrative and there is a lot of work to be done. It is a difficult matter a that will need careful scrutiny, not just following this session but right through the passage of the Bill, wherever it lands. I again thank everyone for this extremely important consideration.

We will adjourn until Wednesday, 24 November, when we will meet for a stakeholder engagement on the topic of minorities engaging with the justice system. Perhaps that may be of interest to some of the witnesses who attended this meeting. They are very welcome to tune in next week if they wish to follow that debate.