Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

If that is everything, we can move on to the work programme. There was a meeting of the committee’s working group last Friday and members have been circulated with a draft programme to 23 June. We have secured a meeting with representatives of the World Health Organisation, WHO, for this Thursday and I am advised that is possible technologically, which is good news.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, ECDC, has agreed to answer questions and members will have an opportunity to provide any questions they wish to ask to the secretariat and they will be conveyed for reply by the ECDC.

The following meetings have been agreed in principle. Next week we will deal with issues concerning the impact of Covid-19 on the fiscal position and also social protection expenditure. In the week of 23 June, we will examine the testing and tracing capabilities and issues relating to childcare. Is that agreed? That is agreed.

Regarding the chairing of meetings, Deputy Butler will chair session 2 today, Deputy Cullinane will chair session 3 and I will chair the session on Thursday morning. If that is everything, I invite our witnesses to join us.