Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the delegation for attending here today and articulating their concerns.

As has been pointed out by all of the members it is disappointing that a year and a half has elapsed yet the recommendations made by the previous committee, which put a lot of work into the project, have not progressed. From this committee's point of view we will chase up the issues straight away and contact the Department. Next week the Department will be in here and we will highlight the payment issues that have been raised here today. We will try to find out where the report is, as soon as possible. Is that all right?

The delegation has summarised the issues that they want us to raise with the Department. Their first priority is for payments to be made in the same calendar year. A starting point for us would be to get information on that issue.

Again, I thank the delegation for coming here today to highlight their issues. I also thank the members for attending.