We will deal with housekeeping matters. Proceedings of meetings of the joint committee are generally available on the Internet within three working days. I ask members to switch off mobile telephones. No. 1 is the minutes of the meeting of 29 November, which have been circulated. Are they agreed? Agreed.
Arising from the previous meeting, I will bring two issues to members' attention. We secured the time slot of 2 p.m. on Wednesday that we sought. Meetings will be held in Committee Room 1, which is equipped with personal computers. For this meeting, documents will be circulated electronically, as requested. I assume everyone is satisfied with the system.
The next item is correspondence. We have received three invitations, the first of which is to a meeting of chairpersons to deal with issues arising during Slovenia's Presidency. It is a one day meeting which will be held on 21 January. Before we make any decisions, I will detail all invitations received. A second invitation is to attend a heating and cooling conference in Wells, Austria on 5 and 6 March. An interparliamentary meeting on renewable energy and energy efficiency will take place in Brussels on 29 January. Several members have indicated a desire to attend the meeting of chairpersons in Slovenia. I will ask the clerk to contact members to determine who would like to attend the various meetings.
At our previous meeting, I was asked to write to various individuals, including the Chairman of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, the Ceann Comhairle, regarding the need to ensure this and other buildings in our remit are carbon neutral. I have done so. I have also written to the Taoiseach and to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government expressing the joint committee's displeasure at their failure to invite members to the launch of a campaign on climate change. While we have received acknowledgements, we have not yet received full replies to our queries. I will keep members informed of developments.
We have received an e-mail from the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee with the committee's report on moving climate change from review to legislation. A copy has been circulated.
