I welcome everybody to our public meeting this afternoon. We have not received apologies from many members. All those present in the committee room are asked to exercise personal responsibility and to protect themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. We must approve the minutes of the private and public meetings on 1 March 2023 and 2 March 2023. They have already been approved at a virtual private meeting and we we are carrying out this exercise now for procedural reasons. Is that agreed?
Business of Joint Committee
Agreed.
I remind members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the place in which Parliament has chosen to sit, namely, Leinster House, to participate in public meetings. I will not permit a member to participate where he or she is not adhering to this constitutional requirement. Therefore, any member who attempts to participate from outside the precincts will be asked to leave the meeting.