I ask all members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting. Before we begin, the management at Iarnród Éireann has sent apologies as its representatives are unable to attend the meeting today but will meet the committee in the near future. They approached the clerk of the committee on Monday, and it would have been wrong to bring them in here when they were trying to sort out the problem with the train drivers.
Is it agreed to go into private session? Agreed.
The joint committee went into private session at 2.34 p.m. and resumed in public session at 2.36 p.m.