That concludes the select committee's consideration of the Revised Estimates for Vote 30 for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the year ending 31 December 2018. In accordance with Standing Order 90 the following message will be sent to the Dáil:
The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has considered the Revised Estimates for 2018 for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
I thank the Minister and his officials for assisting the committee with its consideration of the Revised Estimates and for dealing comprehensively with the members' questions. In recent years it has become the practice of the committee to invite relevant Ministers to a meeting of the joint committee in the autumn to have an exchange of views on the emerging position for the following year. I hope this meeting might be arranged at some stage before the summer recess so we might have an input or discussion on the forthcoming budget. Perhaps we could arrange a date.
