Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Deputy Fitzmaurice, for your commentary. I thank the officials for coming in. We might, at some stage in the next few months, have the opportunity to have them back to give us an update on these negotiations. We realise this is an issue that is changing rapidly but, on the other side, they will be meeting their counterparts twice a month. Significant progress will probably happen in the next few months in particular because the time could be ticking in that the Commission could be stepping down.