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

If I could draw the Minister's attention this way, I would like to bring proceedings to a conclusion. I know the Minister is under severe pressure to get to a meeting with the troika. I appreciate the time he has given us. I know we are going into a different cycle next year because we will be out of the programme. As Chairman of this committee, it would be remiss of me not to reiterate, possibly in different tones, what Deputy Donnelly stated. I hope we would have a more elongated process with this next year but I appreciate the constraints under which the Minister has been operating this year. With that said, I thank the Minister and his officials for their very in-depth briefing and discussion in the time afforded us.