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

No. 1 on the agenda is consideration of the Revised Estimates for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for 2015, Vote 13 - Office of Public Works, which was referred by order of the Dáil on 18 December 2014 to the committee for consideration. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with special responsibility for the OPW, Deputy Simon Harris, and his officials. The purpose of the meeting is to consider the Revised Estimate and the supplementary performance information on outputs and the impacts on programme expenditure. A draft timetable has been circulated. Is it agreed to? Agreed. I call on the Minister of State to make a short opening statement.