Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to welcome Mr. Philip Gaffney, the chairperson designate of Iarnród Éireann. As Mr. Gaffney was sitting in the ante-room, he will have heard the previous declaration concerning the Defamation Act, so I do not need to repeat it. I now call on Mr. Gaffney to make his opening statement.