Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Mr. MacGabhann. On behalf of the committee and the Chairman, who was unfortunately detained elsewhere for the past hour, I thank the witnesses for coming before us today. It was a very informative and productive session and their views were extremely clearly put. I am very grateful to all of them. We all learned a lot from today's insights and observations.

It is good at times to be challenged with views we did not have before we came into the committee room. We experienced that today, for which I thank the delegations. I wish the teacher unions all the best in their conference season. As their officers reach the end of their terms of office, I thank them for their work on behalf of their members. All of the teacher unions do tremendous work.