The Clerk of the committee will send the following message to the Clerk of the Dáil:
The Select Committee has completed its consideration of the Cement (Repeal of Enactments) Bill, 1999.
Is the report agreed? Agreed.
Report agreed to.
Ordered to report to the Dáil accordingly.
I thank those who participated on the Bill, the Minister and his officials, Mr. Murphy and Mr. O'Molloy.
I take this opportunity, before we consider the next item, to pay tribute to Deputy Owen, the Fine Gael spokesperson on this committee since its commencement and an old friend of mine.