Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That completes the select committee's consideration of the Revised Estimates for 2017 in respect of Votes 35 and 36. I thank the Minister of State and the officials dealing with the Revised Estimates for their assistance in advance of the meeting. On behalf of all members of the committee and on my own behalf, I convey again our sincere sympathy and condolences to the families of the members of the Irish Coast Guard crew lost off the coast at Erris recently. It is an awful tragedy and one which is beyond description. Members of the Defence Forces, Coast Guard and other emergency services work on behalf of us all in extremely difficult circumstances. As a committee, we record again our appreciation of the work of those services which as individuals and as a society we sometimes take for granted. As an Oireachtas committee, we record our appreciation of the work of all members of all emergency services serving our State.