Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, and his officials. The purpose of this meeting is to consider the Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014 on Committee Stage. The Bill was referred to the select sub-committee by the Dáil on 1 October. Before we begin, I remind members that we are in public session and that all mobile telephones must be switched off to avoid interference with the broadcasting of the meeting. We will proceed until approximately 5 p.m. If we have not completed our work by then, we will recommence at approximately 6 p.m.