Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

For the information of the Chair, I was a member of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality in the Thirty-first Dáil and a member of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality in the Thirty-second Dáil for one year. I was reappointed two days ago. I just wanted to put that out there.

In light of the fact that the briefing documentation was only forwarded to me yesterday and that, because of my own technical ineptitude, I was only able to access it during this meeting, I will not pose any questions. However, like the Chair, I firmly agree with Senator Ward's remarks regarding the repeal and consolidation of legislation to make it more user-friendly for Departments, as is the case in this context, and practitioners in the Four Courts and beyond. I will leave it at that for this morning. I look forward to working with the Chair and the other members of the committee.