Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

To those who were able to make the meeting today this has been a very worthwhile experience. I hope this is the first of many engagements with our MEPs using this video link. It has been very worthwhile and it will set a precedent for other Oireachtas committees in using this technology. I express gratitude to the technical staff and our secretariat, as well as the people in Brussels who had to do technical work to put this together. It is worthwhile because there should be continuous engagement with MEPs, whether it is through this or other committees. For example, it would be worthwhile for the agriculture committee to deal with MEPs who specialise in agricultural matters or attend agriculture committees in Brussels. When they wish to engage with the Houses of the Oireachtas, this is a great forum to use. I have been looking forward to this meeting for a while and we tested it earlier. We wanted to get it up and running properly and today is the first success. I thank the MEPs for their time as I appreciate they all have meetings to attend. I am also conscious that Dáil proceedings will begin soon.