Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will allow the Minister to respond. I ask members to switch off their mobile phones. The item on the agenda today is the Supplementary Estimate, Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The meeting has been convened to consider the Supplementary Estimate, which was referred to the committee on 19 November with an instruction to report back to the Dáil not later than 9 December 2015. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, and his accompanying officials.

A briefing document has been prepared. I am aware the Minister has an extensive opening statement which members have only just received. Perhaps the Minister could abbreviate it somewhat. Does he wish to respond to Deputy Ó Cuív's question?