Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the committee for being so generous with its time. It is not always the case that a Private Members' Bill gets two sessions. I thank all the witnesses who have appeared before the committee. It has been fantastic to get that level of insight.

To be very political about how the nuts and bolts of how Leinster House work, the further a Private Members' Bill goes, the greater a headache it is for whoever happens to be in power at the time. I would be anxious to get this Bill to the next Stage as soon as we possibly can. The further it goes along the process, the more likely it is that somebody within the corridors of power will decide to resolve their headache. The best way to make this headache go away is to fund this piece of research and get us on a firm footing so we can consider the possibility of this office in the kind of detail we need in order to set it up in the first place. I thank the committee members for their time and attention to this matter.