Will we defer a decision? If Deputy Burton comes in, we can revert to it. Otherwise, we shall defer it to the next meeting, if she is present.
We shall move on to No. 154, an invitation from the Construction Industry Federation to attend a breakfast briefing on 7 October. This was circulated by e-mail and it is proposed to note it.
No. 155 is a brochure for an economic development conference in Dublin Castle on 19 September, which again was circulated by e-mail. It is proposed to note it.
No. 156 is a letter to the Information Commissioner, which was copied to the committee, from an individual requesting access to personal data under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003. It is proposed to note it.
No. 158 is a letter from an international tobacco manufacturing and wholesale company, seeking to meet the joint committee to discuss plain packaging on all tobacco products. This matter is not within the committee's remit. It is proposed that it be forwarded for the attention of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment and that we write to the individual to advise him of same. Is that agreed? Agreed.
No. 159 is an e-mail from an individual enclosing two articles by him published in Irish newspapers calling for the implementation of the Kenny report recommendation on the pricing of building land. It is proposed to note it.
No. 160 is the October-December 2008 edition of The Bridge, Industry and Parliament Trust’s quarterly magazine, which it is proposed to note.
No. 161 is a European Commission statement welcoming the bank guarantee scheme in Ireland. It is proposed to note it.
No. 162 is an invitation to attend a meeting of the EMPA economic committee in Istanbul on 24 and 25 October 2008, which has been circulated by e-mail in advance of the timeframe of the meeting. It is proposed to note it, but it is open to any member to attend. It is too late, I am told, as it is only a few days away.