Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Thank you both very much. I am mindful of the time, and we are trying to get everybody in, so I ask that we stick to the allotted times. Because some very powerful contributions are being made, I do not want to jump in as witnesses are speaking but we are trying to stick to the clock, unfortunately. I thank Ms Ó Brolcháin Carmody and Ms Conway for their opening statements. In all the Oireachtas committee meetings I have attended over the years, I think it is the first time evidence has been sung into the committee record. I do not think I have witnessed that before on any of the committees of which I have been a member. I now call on Ms Niamh Daffy to make her opening remarks.