James Reilly (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In that case, my only comment is whatever about us not having a sense of it before, we now have a very clear sense of its value, as well as the hidden unseen value in networking, education, opportunities and multipliers, let alone the hard and fast side of things - jobs and the opportunities presented. I am very supportive of membership. I do not know whether I am wrong, but I thought the Minister of State, Deputy John Halligan, was also very supportive of it. I hope we will manage to convince the powers that be to take a sizeable piece of the action and build from there, as the delegates have suggested.