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

Thank you very much, Mr. Chopra, for those very, very kind comments. Just to acknowledge a couple of items I said at the opening of this morning's session. First of all, you are here as a voluntary witness, being under oath, and you do have the engagement and the responsibilities that come with that. But there was a lot of work put into getting you here today and I very much appreciate your assistance in that regard, but I do think it is a reflection, as I said earlier, of whatever ... one hour of public hearings that we have here, there are hours and hours of work done behind the scenes and I'd like to particularly compliment the investigation team in that regard and also with regard to Mr. Buti who is coming in. But I just think it is one, sort of, example of something that the public actually doesn't get to see ... the type of work that's done in supporting this committee in ensuring that witnesses like yourself are here before us. With that said, I now propose that we bring this matter to a conclusion, that we thank Mr. Chopra for his participation and his engagement with inquiry. We will suspend until 11 ... or, sorry, 12.15. if that is possible - for about 15 minutes, okay, and we will resume then with Mr. Buti.