Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I ask people to follow my example and ensure that they switch off their telephones please. Apologies have been received from Deputy Jim O'Callaghan and Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee. The purpose of this part of the meeting is to consider two Government motions to exercise the right to opt-in, pursuant to Protocol 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to two measures in the civil justice area. The first is the so-called adaptation regulation to delegate powers to the Commission in certain areas. The second is a technical update to the insolvency regulation. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, and his officials. I invite the Minister of State to address the two motions in question.