Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As Deputy Buckley and I said, if we do not follow procedure, we run the risk that the matter will be pushed back, pushed out or that it will not be heard the way it should be and then not given the correct and proper consideration. I assure petitioners that the clerk to the committee and the rest of the secretariat are doing as much work as they possibly can in trying to resolve the matter as quickly as they can. That is the recommendation.

Is that agreed? Agreed.

Petition No. 2 of 2023 on mental health matters was submitted by Mr. Michael Kenneally. In this petition, the petitioner requests that he be a representative for people suffering with mental health issues. The committee recommends that the secretariat engage further with the petitioner as the petition lacks the detail needed to pursue it any further.Do members have any views or is it agreed? Agreed.

That concludes our consideration of public petitions this afternoon. I invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal, which is available at petitions.oireachtas.ie. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or interest in any issue of public policy.

I thank the staff of the secretariat for the work they do on our behalf. It makes our job easy. I assure everyone that we probably have one of the best secretariats in this complex.