Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Go raibh maith agat. There is a common theme among all the presentations. Members will be invited to ask further questions. Before I call Mr. Paul O'Hara of Ashoka Ireland, who I understand is sharing his time slot with Ms Caroline Casey from Kanchi and Mr. James Whelton of CoderDojo, I must reiterate the ruling on privilege.

By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to give this committee. If, however, they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to do so, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified privilege in respect of their evidence. They are directed that only evidence related to the subject matter of these proceedings should be given and are asked to respect the parliamentary practice to the effect that, where possible, they should not criticise or make charges against any person, persons or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable.

Does Mr. O'Hara wish to share the time slot by allowing each speaker five minutes?