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

I will allow Deputy McGrath to ask a brief supplementary question. Before he does so, I wish to make a point of information as he raised a matter in regard to this committee and how much time we have to debate this. We have a deadline of 3 May. The motion that referred the matter to us contained that within it. That is outside of our control. However, within the time that we have to respond to it, we scheduled an additional hearing next week. We will have two three-hour sessions. We have the session today and a second session being organised, where we will hear from expert witnesses. For everyone's information, that is the plan. We have two weeks and we are making the most of the two weeks, just so members are aware of that.