Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have a quorum so we will begin. We are dealing with the Supplementary Estimate for Vote 39 - Health Service Executive. I remind committee members that this is a Supplementary Estimate, so we are not dealing the whole Estimate. I welcome the Minister for Health and his team of officials, Bairbre Nic Aongusa, Fiona Prendergast, Tom Byrne and Colum Maddox. I call on the Minister to make his opening remarks.