Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their constructive and positive engagement with the committee. We have invited senior officials from the Department of Rural and Community Development to attend our meeting next week to respond to the points raised by both groups as well as by members. Noting the delay in the publication of the action plan for the development of our islands, we hope that our committee's engagements on this issue will prove a valuable input into the final report, which is to be published by the Department as soon as possible. Furthermore, it is my intention to have a delegation of the committee to visit some of the island communities, meet people on the ground and get a feel for their concerns at first hand before we prepare a report for the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, which we hope will feed into the Department's action plan for island development.