Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Murphy. Do any other members wish to speak? No.

On my own behalf, we had a meeting of the Chairs yesterday evening and brought up the issue of extra sittings and the amount of work the secretariats do. We all appreciate the mountain of work they do. We share the secretariat with another committee and we have looked for another date. The agreement from yesterday evening was that it would be looked at after Christmas. It was suggested that there could be slots on a Monday and Friday for committees if people are interested or there was a slot on a Wednesday evening. It has been decided because of the pandemic and the situation in the Houses, however, that it will be looked at after Christmas. That is just to fill people in on what happened in that regard.

If there is no other business, this committee will adjourn until Wednesday, 8 December 2021 at 11.30 a.m. for a virtual private meeting to be followed by a public meeting at 1.30 p.m. on Thursday, 9 December. The committee is adjourned. I thank all members for attending and the secretariat for all the hard work it does in this process.