I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. The interference affects the sound quality of the recording. I would like to welcome representatives from the Revenue Commissioners, Dr. Keith Walsh, principal officer, who is accompanied by Mr. Philip O'Rourke, assistant principal officer, statistics and economic research branch. I welcome Mr. Joe Cullen, Mr. Pat Leahy, and Ms Deirdre Donaghy, all of whom are principal officers in the tax division, Department of Finance. I thank them for making themselves available to our committee. I acknowledge the work of their staff in helping the secretariat here with the arrangements for this meeting.
