Barry Ward (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will not take too much time, but it is important to recognise the value of this session. It is a very good idea and is the first time we have seen genuine interaction at this level between our representatives in Europe and Members of the Oireachtas. In this case, all the MEPs are also former Members of the Oireachtas and the fact that two of them previously represented Dún Laoghaire endears them hugely to me. We are blessed in Dublin to have such a strong team at European level. They are clearly on top of their brief, are working extremely hard and are engaged at all kinds of different levels working for us. It is tremendously important that we get an opportunity to engage with them. As some of them have said themselves, it is something we should repeat on a more frequent basis in order to properly tease out the issues that we are facing, through them, in the European Parliament. I thank them all for coming and for giving of their time.