Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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Throughout the morning, we have been very conscious of the dearth of data for the witnesses' operations. We are seeking as far as possible to base our decision making on evidence and it is hard to do that when there is no comparative data between public and private. The witnesses have been requested to provide information on a number of different areas. It is entirely up to them as private commercial entities whether they wish to do that but I ask them to note that request and make a decision on whether or not they want to come back to us with any of that information, which might help our deliberations. I thank Mr. Nugent and Mr. Fitzgerald for their attendance and for assisting in responding to the many questions that were asked which, no doubt, will feed into the deliberations and final decisions of this committee.