Mr. Michael Hourigan:

Picking up on one little point that was mentioned earlier as regards doing an apprenticeship as distinct from not doing an apprenticeship and just working away in the trade, this is dangerous territory. My advice to anyone would be make sure that he or she gets qualified and completes his or her apprenticeship correctly. I have had dealings with a person of my own vintage fairly recently who was in the electrical game and he had to get out of it because he was not qualified. He was not in a position to come in and do what was required of him, that is, the theory element of the apprenticeship. That is an important message.

There are a couple of people I would like to thank. I thank Ms Yeates, Mr. Twomey, Ms Leane and Mr. McSherry for today. They came in here on short notice and we really appreciate that, as I know the committee does. I want to acknowledge two colleagues in the Gallery, Mr. Donal Keys and Mr. Tim O'Halloran, who could very well have been sitting here and dealt with the issues as capably as, or, they might argue, better than, we did.

Finally, I formally invite all members of the committee to our event in the RDS from 13 to 15 September. If a formal invitation needs to be sent, I can send that on. I have the contact details.