John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is coming up to 5.30 p.m. and we have to vacate the room and end the meeting at that time. I apologise to members that we have not reached the European questions that they wanted to ask.

In view of the importance of the other issues the Minister mentioned in his opening statement, I ask him to come back and deal with them at an early date. A number of the members are anxious to get an opportunity to discuss those issues with him. We can consider that this matter has been debated because every member has spoken on it. That has taken us up to 5.30 p.m. I am sure the Minister understands the concern of members who want to raise other issues with him.