Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Tánaiste for engaging with the joint committee in an open and constructive way. While I am sorry that so many questions were fired at him, a lot of them overlapped. This is probably the joint committee's last meeting with the Tánaiste in that role and in his role as leader of the Labour Party.

We wish him well and hope that he continues in his role as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade or whatever. We thank him for being so open and forthright with the committee in recent years. I wish our ambassador designates well, Ambassador Anne Barrington who will take up her position in Japan in the near future and Ambassador Patrick Kelly who will take up his position in Slovenia. I welcome political director Barry Robinson here also.

I thank everyone for their co-operation this afternoon.