H.E. Mr. Paul Johnston:I thank the Cathaoirleach and members of the committee. If I may return the compliment, I think parliamentary scrutiny and parliamentary engagement are important parts of the relationship. When I arrived here in September 2020, a combination of Brexit and Covid-19 meant there was far less in the way of engagement between parliamentarians than there had been in the past. That was a loss but is a loss that we are well on the way to mitigating and sorting over the past little while. Only yesterday the new delegations were announced for the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. I was happy to see a number of colleagues from this committee taking part. The British-Irish relationship is certainly on an upward trajectory. The summit in Liverpool that the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach led was both important in itself at a significant time internationally and set out a five-year programme of work, which I am sure this committee will have the opportunity to follow in great detail as it relates to Northern Ireland but also to the broader relationship. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here, both in the Oireachtas but also my time throughout Ireland and I look forward to continuing that in my new guise. I thank the committee for the courtesy, hospitality and engagement over the past five years. I hope to continue it in a new form in the future.