Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It was. Happy new year and, on behalf of the committee, I thank Mr. Duffy and Mr. Browne for their time, as well as John Delaney, who had to leave earlier. It was a long meeting. We appreciate it. Speaking as someone who has a keen interest in sport, I thank the witnesses, their employees and their thousands of volunteers throughout the country for the fantastic work that they do in bringing us sporting joy both at a local level and at a county and international level as well. The work that is done is amazing. As was mentioned by numerous contributors earlier, the work that is being done in communities is preventing many bad things and changing lives for the better. It makes a positive impact on our health, on society and on communities. I cannot overstate how grateful we are as a committee for the work that the sporting organisations and the people in them do, and I thank their witnesses again. I propose that the committee go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters.