Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House on the first day after his appointment to his new role and congratulate him on being elevated to high office. He has done great service in committees down through the years, including the Committee of Public Accounts, involving long hours, early mornings, huge amounts of paperwork to be read and not many thanks. Not many people know the amount of work the Committee of Public Accounts did under his chairmanship, keeping public companies and other institutions of the State in line and calling them to account. It is an important part of Parliament and not one that gets a lot of thanks. I thank the Minister of State and congratulate him and his wife Mary on his achievement.