Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On that, I will bring matters towards a conclusion. I apologise to members of the committee for not having a second round of questions but, unfortunately, the logistics and the fact we need to be in the Convention Centre for a plenary session have curtailed our engagement.

I commend the Defence Forces at every level on all the work they do on our behalf and on behalf of the people of Ireland on a 24-7 basis but, in particular, for the assistance they provide in the context of the current Covid pandemic. They have our appreciation and goodwill.

I thank the Minister and his officials for attending and for dealing with our questions. We will have a further engagement. The Minister mentioned the commission on the Defence Forces and it could well be the case that we will have a dedicated meeting on our role in that. I know the Minister has written to the parties and to individual Deputies but perhaps there is a role for this committee in regard to making a submission. This is something we will come back to him on and the Minister might be in a position to engage directly with us.

As we have completed our consideration of the Revised Estimates for Votes 28, 35 and 36, we will send a message to that effect to the Clerk of the Dáil in accordance with Standing Order 101, and under Standing Order 100(2), the message is deemed to be the report of our committee. Is that agreed? Agreed.