Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely. Thank you all sincerely for your evidence, your challenge to the system and your highlighting of the challenges. This meeting was built around self-advocacy and women with disabilities in order to celebrate International Women's Day. All of you outlined in a very meaningful way the challenges that are still to be met and the needs we need to address, including the need to drive our committee further to advance the causes and break down the barriers, brick by brick. I thank you all for your contributions. In the spheres in which you work, I ask you to continue that great work. We look forward to engaging with you on every occasion. This morning’s meeting was to outline the real challenges that are there for people with disabilities, for women with disabilities, how society silos them, for want of a better term, and how we need to break that down. I thank you sincerely for that.

With regard to the committee members, the art of bilocation has not yet been figured out and members have been running from one committee to another. However, everybody comes back to make their points in the committee. I thank them for that and for their dedication to the committee. Only with the members can we be strong to try to advocate for what we have been asked by the witnesses. I also sincerely thank our team for what they do.

The committee will adjourn until 3.15 p.m. on Wednesday, 22 March 2023.