Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is coming up to 5.25 p.m., and we are due to finish at 5.30 p.m. I would be grateful if we could finish five minutes early. I have been sitting here since 10 o'clock this morning and my legs are getting a little stiff. I thank Mr. Duffy and his team for attending this afternoon. I believe it is his first time before the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform. I am new to the committee so I was not sure about that detail. I am grateful for the positive engagement with the committee this afternoon. I wish Mr. Duffy and his team well in their objective of getting AIB back to a sustainable position, independent of the Government, in the future. This is one of a series of meetings we will have in the coming years. I very much appreciate the frankness with which the witnesses dealt with questions and the detailed information they furnished in response to the questionnaire we sent. There is much reading in it for members. On behalf of all committee members I thank Mr. Duffy and his team for their engagement this afternoon and wish them well in their endeavours to return the bank to a sustainable position eventually.