Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party)
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I thank Ms Bennett very much for her opening statement. Members who wish to ask questions might indicate. We have about 90 minutes for questions and answers before we go into the session with the officials from the Department. I think we will have enough time. I will manage it with a view to giving everybody a fair hearing and getting the best out of the session.

I might ask one quick question of Social Justice Ireland first, if I may. It is about the methodology it uses. I am interested in its scorecard approach. Is there a similar organisation in each of the 14 member states that is doing something like this? If an organisation in another country was to look at Ireland, would it come up with the same numbers? I am wondering about consistency or just how verifiable the approach is. I ask the witnesses to please speak to that for a moment.