Eugene Murphy (Fianna Fail)
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We might include it for discussion in the next meeting. I could not get into the meeting earlier and I do not want to hold up the meeting now, but I am very anxious that we follow up on a procedure that we said we would move along, that is, trying to hold some meetings in different parts of the country. I know Covid has been an issue in that regard, and it is still a bit of an issue, but I do not think we should take that off the agenda because there is a message still to be sold to the public about our Committee on Public Petitions. Many people are not aware of it despite our meetings being on Oireachtas TV and all local authorities knowing about the committee. I find that many members of the public do not know of our existence. It is crucial, whenever we get the opportunity, to have three or four meetings outside Dublin. They could take place in each province, perhaps two meetings per province. The local media could be informed that we would be holding meetings. We need to sell ourselves to the public. It is a comment in passing that I wanted to make.