Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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We have a very good draft document to proceed with. I thank the chairman, Professor John Sweeney and the staff. We were down here during those very warm days in the summer. One member of staff has retired. I ask that one of the officials send on our good wishes to her.

We can work with the report. The experts that came in from all sides did great public service by educating the members. Quite a number of people said to me that they watched the proceedings of the committee on television. It is quite encouraging that the public is engaging in the process. The heads of Bill are still fairly new. The committee has done a very good job with the heads. The Minister has already taken on some of the ideas in the experts' submissions. I echo Deputy Catherine Murphy in saying we should move on, create draft legislation and ensure we get it through the Oireachtas as quickly as possible. We all know how urgent it is. If we can work in co-operation, as we have done at meetings of this committee, we will have a very strong Bill.