Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is a nice wrap-up to our deliberations today. I thank our witnesses for being with us and for being so helpful in sharing their information and experiences with colleagues. That concludes this section of our meeting.

Members will note that the committee will engage, as agreed, with the Library and Research Service and the Office of the Parliamentary Legal Advisers on the Bill. The joint committee will subsequently consider all the information available to it and draft its report in accordance with the scrutiny process outlined in the memorandum of understanding between the Government and Dáil Éireann on Private Members' Bills. Members will know that the report of the joint committee is separate from the recommendation of the Bill itself, which is a matter for the select committee. We are now going into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.