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

I remind witnesses to turn off their mobile telephones because they cause interference.

I welcome Mr. Kieran Timmins, chairman, and Ms Stephanie Manahan, CEO, of the CRC. I also welcome Mr. Hamilton Goulding, the former chairman of the CRC, and Mr. Peter Brazel from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I ask Ms Laverne McGuinness to make her opening statement.