We have a quorum. I have received apologies from Deputy Breen.
Business of Joint Committee.
Will the Chairman arrange for a list to be circulated to members detailing the groups that have appeared before the committee to date to discuss the Lisbon treaty and their position thereon? I attended a meeting of the National Forum on Europe in Cork last night where a useful public debate took place. It would be helpful for members of the committee to be able to state at such fora that a particular group has attended a meeting of this committee and to indicate the position it has taken on the treaty.
There is some difficulty in that we may have to wait before we commit ourselves in that regard.
Can such a list be circulated internally?
Yes, that is no problem.
I have a question about the correspondence we received from Sinn Féin.
Yes, the party asked that it be circulated to all members.
Does the Chairman wish to discuss that?
We will come to it in due course. Sinn Féin asked that it be distributed to all members for their information. Members will have an opportunity to discuss it if they so wish.