Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Thank you very much. I am trying to apply the same rule I applied to everyone all day. I thank Deputies Ó Súilleabháin and Aird for joining us.

I thank the witnesses. I respect that some of this falls under the area of policy and ministerial direction. Reflecting on what we have heard in the room today, DEIS is intertwined with this and we have asked the witnesses to furnish us in the coming days with - I wrongly called it an algorithm - whatever document is the guiding light for this. I know it gets adjusted yearly on budget day, but will they circulate what they are able to circulate on that? They have been asked for some other documentation by members. If they can furnish that, I would be very grateful.

We are not supposed to single out officials but I want to commend one, if that is okay with the rest of the officials. Ms Kearney in the past year was excellent. She was dispatched to problem-solve some ridiculously tricky things down home and it was really appreciated.

There can sometimes be curveball questions. That is the nature of committee meetings but we are grateful for all the witnesses are doing in the Department. We would appreciate a technical briefing in due course from Ms O'Neill on DEIS. Our secretariat will engage with her on that. As ever, I thank our secretariat, the technical team and everyone who tuned in this afternoon.