Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank all the contributors to the meeting. I was well aware of this issue because I sat on the previous Committee on Public Petitions. It is not easy. I commend all those who gave evidence today. This issue is bigger than I had realised. There are many questions to be asked. The issue of State money being used but not recouped sounds very strange. As I stated in my previous contribution, this is bigger than a box of frogs. I am starting to get lost for words that this can go on and there is zero accountability or joined-up thinking and it has taken ten to 12 years of very hard work to get it before the Committee on Public Petitions. I wish our guests the best of luck. I hope the issue will be resolved. It is a lesson for everybody involved, including the State and us as ordinary people. I am not 100% sure where it will go from here but I commend our guests on their determination and patience on this issue.