Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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We are glad to hear from him anyway. On behalf of the committee members, I thank the Commissioner for accepting the invitation which we extended to him informally during our delegation's visit to him earlier this year, and subsequently formally. He can garner from the level of interest from members here that the role of the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development is a very important one for Ireland. They all take it very seriously. As we would have expected from Mr. Hogan, there has been a frank exchange of views. We take heart in the fact that he is tackling, and is fully briefed on, the issues that are most relevant to Ireland.

With that, I thank members of the committee for their constructive engagement with the Commissioner. We wish him well for the remainder of his term and he has a long way to go yet. We look forward to engaging with him further during his term as Commissioner. That concludes the meeting.