Mr. Mark Garrett:

On the point about digitisation and the other areas where we seek reform, the Law Society has invested €1.3 million in eConveyancing in the past number of years for the very simple reason that we believe it is the future. We encourage digitisation. We have worked with the Department and the likes of the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland, etc. to look at how we can bring all the parts to the table on eConveyancing. There are third-party vendors as well. That is a significant understanding of the complications within the system. We are definitely very committed to doing that because we believe it is in everybody's interest, including those who buy and sell properties, solicitors and all the parties involved. The reality is we have seen up to 15 parties involved when going through all the list and various complications.

My colleague Ms McKiernan will outline some of the details and some of our concerns, on which we are very open to questions.