Apologies have been received from Deputies Gregory and Higgins and Senators Ormonde, Daly and Cummins. The minutes of the meeting of 2 July have been circulated. Are they agreed? Agreed.
I remind members and those in the Visitors Gallery to ensure their mobile phones and BlackBerry devices are switched off completely for the duration of the meeting, as they cause interference, even in silent mode, with the recording equipment in the committee rooms.
Two items of correspondence have been referred to the joint committee regarding decisions taken by the Joint Committee on European Scrutiny. They have been circulated and it is proposed that they be noted. Is that agreed? Agreed.