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

Sure. One of the aims of the new term is to be more responsive. It has been an issue in the past that it takes time to organise meetings, and we have had some difficulties in the context of the Kerins judgment. Members will be aware of correspondence I sent to the Minister this week. I sent it also to the Ceann Comhairle and the Chairman of the Working Group of Committee Cathaoirligh. It was about how we order our business and how it has been a frustration of this committee and for me as Chairman that we have not been able to respond more rapidly to issues of concern to members. When issues are raised, there is the Kerins judgment, there is stakeholder engagement, there is lead time and all sorts of issues that arise that mean we have not been able to tackle issues in a timely fashion at times and that is something I would like to improve. This is the start of a new trend in the new term.