Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We will move to the main item on the agenda, which is a meeting with the new executive director of Trócaire, Mr. Éamonn Meehan. He is joined by his colleagues, Dr. Lorna Gold and Ms Caoimhe de Barra. We are pleased to have the witnesses before us and I have known Mr. Meehan a long time, as we attended St. Flannan's College in Ennis for five years in Ennis. I was delighted to see him as executive director general of Trócaire as I know he has worked extremely hard in the organisation through the years. He deserves the role. This is Mr. Meehan's first appearance before the committee. I offer him my congratulations and those of the members of the committee. We look forward to working with him today.

We will hear a presentation from Mr. Meehan before engaging in a question and answer session. We look forward to Mr. Meehan's comments as he plots his course as executive director general of Trócaire.