Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Session 5: Future Collaboration

Photo of Hildegarde NaughtonHildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes.

I thank Gina Long and all of the team who have worked so hard in the past few months on the co-ordination of this event. It was a big event for the Oireachtas. It is a really proud moment for us to host all of you here in Ireland. It has been wonderful. Your contributions have been very worthwhile and the meeting has been very informative. I believe we have some solutions and while there is an awful lot of work to get through and there is no one silver bullet, this has been a very worthwhile exercise.

I thank my two colleagues, Deputy James Lawless who is Vice Chairman of the committee and Deputy Eamon Ryan, who have worked closely with me, Ms Long and her team in co-ordinating this event in the past few months and bringing really good delegates here, as well as committee members. It has been incredible.

I thank the ushers and all of the team in Leinster House who have been working so hard behind the scenes, in particular Ms Cáit Hayes and her team. I am sorry; I should not name names because once I start to do so, I will leave somebody out. Nonetheless, there has been a huge team effort within Leinster House and we thank all those involved.

We will hold a press conference at 5.30 p.m. in committee room 2 and have dinner at 7.30 p.m. in the Members' dining room.

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