Apologies have been received from Senator Paudie Coffey and Deputy Eamon Scanlon.
The first item on the agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 24 February which have been circulated. Are they agreed? Agreed.
The next item is correspondence. The first item is 2009/373, press releases from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding the historic buildings advice series of booklets, a mid-western conference, the publication of a book on Cork's heritage and the launch of the 2009 rural water programme. They are noted.
The next item is No. 374, an information note from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in response to a request for additional information following our meeting of 7 January regarding WEEE and the chewing gum levy. Members can make a note of it and make comments if they wish.
Item No. 375 is a letter from the Ceann Comhairle on cuts being considered by the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission. There is a proposed cut in travel expenses for committees, especially for foreign travel, but we have no specifics as yet. As all Members of the Oireachtas have received a copy of the letter, we will note it.