Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party)
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Absolutely. I thank Mr. Coghlan for that and I thank Senator Higgins for her questions. We were due to finish at 12.30 p.m. but since it is now beyond that I will bring the meeting to a close. I thank those who have come to Leinster House. We know them well after some years of having them in quite regularly. We really appreciate their time. Equally, the presence of those who joined us online this morning has been very welcome and useful. Pending the agreement of the committee, which I do not believe should be an issue, the Minister will be in on 28 May. That is good timing for the consideration of all the genuine concerns we heard about today around a national long-term strategy and the NECP. We will put those concerns to the Minister very strongly with a view to seeing genuine improvement prior to the submission of the documents to Europe by the deadline.

Does Senator Higgins want to comment very briefly?