Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We are back in public session and will continue our discussion on this issue. I am delighted to be joined today by H.E. Mr. Matthias Höpfner, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Ireland, H.E. Mr. Giovanni Adorni Braccesi Chiassi, Ambassador of Italy to Ireland and Mr. Piotr Rakowski, the chargé d'affairesat the Republic of Poland's Embassy in Dublin. They are all very welcome to our committee and I thank them for coming in. I remind them of the privilege notice they will have heard me read to Ms Barbara Nolan earlier, which still applies.

We have decided that we will ask Ambassador Höpfner from Germany to brief the committee and will then move on to Ambassador Adorni Braccesi Chiassi and Mr. Rakowski. I call Ambassador Höpfner.