Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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I thank the Deputy and Minister. I will make a quick comment on the unified patent court. I welcome the decision to have a date for the referendum. I encourage the Minister and his Department or whoever it will be to have the best campaign we can have on that and to explain it in an appropriate way. We must make sure we have all the stakeholders involved, which would include the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, and Irish Business Employers Confederation, IBEC, because it is quite technical. We have had much discussion on it here in the committee. It is quite technical and complicated. We do not want it to get lost in the debate. It is important for Ireland and especially for business that we get it passed.

In conclusion, I thank the Minister, Deputy Coveney, and his officials for assisting the committee in its consideration of the Revised Estimates. As we have now completed our consideration of the Revised Estimates for Vote 32, the clerk to the committee will send a message to that effect to the Clerk of the Dáil in accordance with Standing Order 101. Under Standing Order 101(2), the message is deemed to be the report of this committee. That completes our consideration of the Revised Estimates. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Theimeachtaí of the committee's meeting on 17 January have been circulated. Do members have any comments? Are they agreed? Agreed.