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

Lent will be over next week and I will not have to include Deputy Mathews. I ask him to allow me to conclude without interruption. We may need to revisit that matrix.

I thank the Minister for contributing to a very extensive discussion. I welcome the support of the Minister's officials at the meeting. I understand that the report is to go to the Commission by the end of this month. There will be a new Commission after the European elections and we should see the country-specific recommendations in July, at which stage we might be keen to bring those recommendations before the committee in order to discuss them with the Minister.