John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is a special meeting to deal with NAMA and the Department of Finance. Deputy Deasy will be the lead speaker, followed by Deputy O'Donnell, and members can contribute and ask questions afterwards.

Before we call the witnesses, I advise the committee that I made contact with St. Vincent's Hospital, which has agreed to send representatives before the committee. I suggest that we invite witnesses from St. Vincent's before our first meeting of the new year on Thursday, 16 January, if the date suits. We will start the meeting at 10 a.m., take the first witness at 10.30 a.m. and immediately after that, depending on how long it takes - perhaps one hour or one and half hours - we will take witnesses from St. Vincent's. If members agree, we will investigate whether we can make an arrangement with St. Vincent's and whether the date suits. We will inform members thereafter.