Maria Bailey (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and his officials. This meeting has been convened for the purpose of consideration by this committee of Committee Stage of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018. Before we begin our consideration of the Bill, I propose to deal with some housekeeping matters. To ensure the smooth running of the meeting, any member acting in substitution for a member of the committee should formally notify the clerk to the committee now, if he or she has not already done so. I have already noted that Deputy Boyd Barrett is substituting for Deputy Mick Barry. Deputy Neville will substitute for Deputy O'Dowd later on in the meeting. I propose that we take a break after approximately two hours, depending on where we are in the Bill, and suspend at approximately 1 p.m. to resume at 3 p.m. in order to allow members to take a break and vote in the Dáil. Is that agreed? Agreed. I ask members to ensure that their mobile phones are turned off or switched to airplane mode for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting system.