Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that. I support Senator Boyhan. I appreciate where the Chairman is coming from, in that two Ministers agreed to come, but the Ministers are like three children, in that we cannot get the three of them into the committee together. I encourage the IFA and other bodies to put pressure on the Department and Ministers so the latter will come in here, as Senator Boyhan requested, to help us to help the delegates. While they are dragging their feet, it is very hard to put any plan together. As Senator Boyhan said, the delegates need to start putting massive pressure on the three Ministers to stop this nonsense of saying one of them is not coming but that another is, or that they will appear only if all three are together. They should appear before this committee to start answering questions so we can start helping the sectors.