Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Apologies have been received from Deputy Michael Kitt, Deputy Helen McEntee, Deputy Anne Ferris, Senator Jimmy Harte and Senator Ivana Bacik. I ask those present, including members, media and people in the Gallery, to switch off all mobile devices or put them into safe mode to avoid interference with the broadcast.

This is a meeting of the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions and the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, the purpose of which is to engage with witnesses on the issue of Ireland's compliance with Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. I now hand over to my colleague, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, Deputy David Stanton.