Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Regardless of what we do on the report, the case is being made. We have already been observers on these projects, in some cases for a number of years. The recommendation has come back to me. These things take a while. I got these recommendations ages ago. Now it is going through the process of political accountability. However, the recommendations have come to me to say we would now benefit from moving from an observer status to full participation in these projects. It is hard to disagree, when one looks at the four projects that we are talking about.