Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal West, Sinn Fein)

There is no one else indicating. I thank Mr. Moran and Ms O’Donoghue sincerely for coming in this morning, for the forthright way they have engaged with the committee and for the fact they came in with their homework done and were able to answer our questions, which is always very helpful and useful. They have given us much to consider. The information they provided has been very beneficial. A number of suggestions have been put forward by the members. We will have a chance to discuss those and will take a decision, as a committee, on what the appropriate response is. We hear what the witnesses are saying. We recognise they are not poised with a finger over a button entitled “Floodgates” and about to press it. That point was well made. For people who may not remember those dark days, they did a very good job of painting a picture of what it would have been like. It is better now, but we cannot just draw a line under matters and say everything is perfect. As is the case with Deputy Ó Snodaigh and his Bill on historical convictions, we need to make sure we tie everything up as we move forward.

I thank Mr. Moran and Ms O’Donoghue once again for coming in. We will consider everything that has been shared with us this morning. I propose that we suspend for five minutes to allow our witnesses to leave. After that, we will resume in public session.