Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That concludes our business. It has been a long session. I thank everybody for attending the meeting. I thank especially the petitioner, Mr. John O'Sullivan, for travelling from Cork to attend here today. It is very much appreciated. I also thank Mr. John Douglas from Mandate, now president of the ICTU, Ms Rhona Murphy and Mr. Loughlin Deegan, who has already left, from IBEC, Ms Esther Lynch from the ICTU, Mr. Vernon Hegarty and Ms Deirdre Canty, from SIPTU and Mr. Niall McCutcheon and all of the team from the Departments of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, and Social Protection. I thank them for attending and for their co-operation in dealing with members' questions.

I will adjourn briefly to allow the witnesses to leave and we will reconvene briefly in private session to deliberate on our recommendations.