Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The committee will soon meet with Mr. Bill Cash, MP, who has an interest in these matters and is not known for his support of the European institutions. The committee will also be meeting Baroness Quin and Mr. Brendan Halligan in the next couple of weeks. On Tuesday 3 March, the Irish ambassador to Great Britain, Mr. Dan Mulhall, will meet members of the UK House of Lords for lunch. It should be interesting as he has a particular grasp of the issues, as have the members of the House of Lords who generally have been more supportive of the European Union institutions than has the House of Commons.

I thank the witnesses for their very interesting submission. We always like to rely on the legal advice in these situations because we can always go back and say we heard it from you.