Frank Feighan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Thank you. On behalf of the committee I thank the officials for meeting us today. The discussion has been informative and productive. One aspect that is clear is that the initiatives you have outlined demonstrate the value of EU funding in cross-Border co-operation and regional development.

It has been a wonderful meeting. I thank my colleagues for their questions and the witnesses for the way they replied to them. This issue is fundamentally important to the island of Ireland, North and South, and its citizens look to the future with great hope.

We will suspend the meeting for a number of minutes to allow the next witnesses to take their seats. I invite the witnesses and members for tea and coffee. The Department of Finance has decided to splurge on tea, coffee and chocolate biscuits.