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

Very good. Excellent. That is agreed by all. That concludes our engagement on the matter today. We have had a very interesting and enlightening conversation. There are very few, if any, points of difference. All sides of the table are agreed on what needs to be done and on the way forward. Unfortunately, it is not within this committee's power to do it. This committee has an advocacy role and a reporting role. Unfortunately, it does not have an executive function. We will certainly publish a report in due course on all of the deliberations, and we will have our own recommendations, which will largely mirror the conversation we have just had.

I thank all of our witnesses for their testimony today, for their submissions to the committee, and for their ongoing work in the area across the board. All of the witnesses are known outside of this committee for their very solid and continuous work and diligence on these matters. I thank them for that also.

For the record, is it agreed among the members that we will publish all of the opening statements on the committee website? Agreed.

As there is no other business to be taken today we will adjourn this meeting. The next meeting of the select committee is scheduled for Tuesday, 8 November after the recess week. I thank again all of our witnesses and committee members for the debate today.