Apologies have been received from Deputies John Lyons and Anthony Lawlor. We have a busy schedule today and we will return to housekeeping matters following the presentation by the Minister of State, Deputy Gerald Nash. Is that agreed? Agreed. I advise members that the joint committee meeting will be broadcast live on Virgin Media channel 207, eirVision channel 504 and Sky channel 574. We will suspend briefly to allow our guests to take their seats and we will then resume in public session.
