Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for that. As there are no more questions, we are at the point where I thank the Minister of State and his officials for their engagement this afternoon. It has been very interesting and this is the first of a series of engagements we will have in the area of the circular economy in the next few weeks. I acknowledge the work of Deputy Bruton in elevating this issue within the committee and in doing quite a good deal of research and work to date in educating and preparing us for these sessions. We would hope, in turn, after a series of meetings to influence the direction the Minister of State takes. We will issue a report in due course and we hope the Minister of State will take its recommendations on board and that we make more progress on this issue.