Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. I will suggest to the Chairman in due course that there be an opportunity for a sub-committee of this committee, made up of the spokespersons for the various parties, to engage with the Department officials and to go through in more detail some of the issues that arise and to find a more common platform. Today is a welcome development but it might be better to sit down and agree some framework for the future so that there is no ambiguity at the end of this process. The Minister might be Taoiseach by next year.