James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I think those are fitting closing remarks from Senator Blaney. I thank him. The iar-Taoiseach's submissions were excellent and will be a useful resource to this committee and all of us as individuals beyond this meeting and into the future. The fact that he provided such a considered written submission to complement his oral submission to today's hearing is extremely useful to all of us. I thank Mr. Bruton for his time today. I hope he found it as informative and useful as we did. We certainly benefited. The point was made earlier that this committee provides a somewhat unique opportunity for former parliamentarians and holders of high office to give back that knowledge and wisdom so that we can avail of it, because otherwise it is often lost to the ether when people move on. I thank Mr. Bruton.

I ask members to remain because there is private business to take care of. We will release Mr. Bruton with thanks for his attendance today. He will understand that we have housekeeping to do. He will remember how it works here.