Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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We will ask the secretariat to examine the matter again and revert to us with times.

They have looked at it and, unfortunately, it clashes with other committees. We will try to tweak the times.

I want to follow up on what Deputy Devlin said. The Houses of the Oireachtas Service will make a video with me as Chair to promote the Committee on Public Petitions. It is talking about doing it at the end of the month. It will be put up on the website. I do not know how widely the Oireachtas will spread the video. I will encourage it to spread it is widely as it possibly can through, for example, local authorities, to get feedback from the public and to inform the public. As Senator Buttimer said, we need to educate the public on how to submit petitions and what can happen at committees. The video is in the pipeline for the end of the month.