Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Sound. There were legitimate questions and genuine concerns raised here today. If we had another four hours, we probably would have brought up a lot more questions as well. The timing is appalling in this regard. We are against the clock on this issue. As a committee, it has been impossible to try to organise witnesses to come in at the last minute. People are very busy and they are coming from different backgrounds, so it has been very difficult. We have not put ourselves in that position. It is a result of whatever schedule the Minister and the Government are working to. I think it has been very unfair on the committee the way we have been dealt with. We are meeting now to try to arrange a meeting tomorrow and possibly the next day. It is literally like that and we are going from A to B.

I have to close the meeting. I thank the Minister and the witnesses for the comprehensive discussions with the committee today. We will now go into private session.