Ms Valerie Loughnane:

Ba mhaith linn buíochas a ghabháil leis an gcomhchoiste as an gcuireadh chun aitheasc a thabhairt dó maidir le tithíocht agus cúrsaí pleanála fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht. I thank the committee for this opportunity. Our Irish language officer will read our statement into the record. Ms Úna Ní Eidhin is our Irish language officer and Mr. Brendan Dunne is our senior executive planner. We have the facility to answer questions through English but if the committee wishes to ask a question as Gaeilge we will be able to facilitate that.