Apologies have been received from Deputy Noonan and Deputy Quinn. The minutes of the meeting held on 28 September were circulated with the agenda for this meeting. Are they agreed? Agreed. Are there any matters arising? No. Then we will proceed with the main business, which is the discussion with the Minister of State and his officials on overseas development aid followed by a meeting with Trócaire.
Business of the Joint Committee.
In regard to that, may I have clarification on one point? After the Minister of State's presentation, will he take questions or how does the Chairman propose to operate?
Yes, we will allow for questions to the Minister of State at that point before we have the other presentation. They are two separate items.