Catherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The first witness, Dr. Patricia Lohr. We agreed at last week's meeting to review our proceedings as claims are circulating within the committee and outside. Deputies Anne Rabbitte and Catherine Murphy raised the issue and the latter suggested we have this discussion. The committee agreed. I intend that this be kept to as short a time as possible bearing in mind that we have witnesses to come in. I ask members to restrict their contributions to a maximum of five minutes and to avoid repetition. If we need more time, we can come back to it. If that is all right, it would be a good way to proceed. I call Deputy Murphy to speak first as it was she who suggested the statements. We can take it from there according to who indicates.