Professor Fiona de Londras:

I will address the first question. First of all, Mr. Brian Murray is not the only person who noted that these possibilities are present. I myself noted them in my written submission to the assembly. The question is not necessarily whether we are over-complicating matters but rather what is the extent of what one might call the risk, likelihood, possibility or certainty we are willing to take on. As I said, and we have all said, absolute certainty is not possible. Ms Justice Laffoy said that last week as well. The question for this committee, for the Cabinet and then for the people is how much we consider to be a reasonable level of certainty and that then goes to what ultimately one puts to the people, if anything. It may seem overly technical and overly complicated but it is nevertheless not unimportant. No matter what route we take, we will not be able to answer all the questions that we are mooting here today.