Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I express the hope that Dr. McVeigh will never have to do that again. His contribution today is greatly valued. Let me explain that the committee system has been restructured so that the core of our number is present. Dr. McVeigh has come from Edinburgh and we very much value the time he has taken to reaffirm and expand on what he has already put on record. We are very grateful to him.

I thank the members for their participation. I hope this exercise that we have undertaken will inject that impetus that we referred to earlier. I hope we can look forward in the not too distant future to that declaration being made on the floor of the Dáil. No doubt, whether in Edinburgh or in Dublin, we will raise a toast to that achievement, of which Dr. McVeigh has been a special part. I thank Dr. McVeigh. The family photograph was taken earlier, so we do not have to repeat the exercise.