Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is important that this project be a success. As Professor Kilkelly will be aware, our committee has visited Oberstown and monitored the ongoing issues there as well as the establishment of the campus. Last summer, we paid an important and a worthwhile visit to the campus where we received a briefing. Subsequently, we met staff.

Professor Kilkelly has been a board member of Oberstown since 2012 and was appointed its interim chairperson in 2015 following the retirement of Mr. Joe Horan, who I would like to thank for his courtesy and professionalism in his dealings with this committee. Personally, and as part of a collective, he was an affable, a welcoming and an engaging individual who did a wonderful job on the board.