Mr. Conor Skehan:

The Minister assures me I will be gone sooner rather than later. My request to him was to relieve me of this burden a long time ago. He assures me it will happen sooner rather than later, so this may be my last time before the committee. In the lectures I give to students, I emphasise that these committees are the anvil of the Oireachtas. The work the committee does is incredibly important. Most of the content in Rebuilding Ireland came out of this committee. The committee has to get it right. It has to listen to Deputy Ó Broin. It has to have data and evidence from the full spectrum of people. I am sorry for that rant but the committee has to do it. The work is too important to be fed by anecdotes and emotions. It is way too important.