Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Chairman, and I thank the members of the committee. As a matter of courtesy I should point out that one matter you spent some considerable time teasing through was the policy in respect of offshore exploration and so on. Arising from the committee's report we brought in consultants from outside the country, namely, Wood Mackenzie, to do a study for us. I have now taken that report and I intend to publish it in the not-too-distant future. I imagine it is a report the committee will wish to have its say on after publication.