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

This meeting has been convened for the purpose of the consideration of Committee Stage of the National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015. The meeting will continue until 8 p.m. and if the proceedings on the Bill have not concluded by then, we will suspend the meeting for 15 minutes and resume at 8.15 p.m. Is that agreed? Agreed.

The Bill provides for the establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as An Ceoláras Náisiúnta or in the English language as the National Concert Hall to provide and operate the national venue for the performance, appreciation and enjoyment of music and to provide for related matters.

I welcome the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Heather Humphreys, and her officials, Mr. Kevin Lonergan, principal officer and Ms Orlaith Gleeson, assistant principal officer.