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

We are out of time. We have had a good discussion but I need to bring it to a close at this point. There will be further opportunities. This is the start rather than the end of the discussion on this matter. There is a lot of rope left in this yet and we will certainly be revisiting this topic.

On behalf of the committee, I thank all of the witnesses for their participation and thank the members for their engagement on this matter. Many views have been expressed, including some very informed ones. As always, I thank all participants for that very useful discussion.

It is proposed that we publish the opening statements on the committee's website. Is that agreed? Agreed.

I will move on to housekeeping matters so the witnesses can remain or leave as they wish. I remind members that if there are any amendments for the Garda Síochána digital recording report, they should please send them to the secretariat as soon as possible. The deadline for the report on the recent hearing is today so members should make sure to send those as soon as possible, if they have not done so already.

There being no other business, we will adjourn until 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 15 December 2021, when we will meet in private session to discuss a number of housekeeping matters.