Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are joined, from the Simon Communities of Ireland, by Mr. Wayne Stanley, head of policy and communications and, from Focus Ireland, by Mr. Pat Dennigan, CEO, and Mr. Mike Allen, director of advocacy and research. We are also joined remotely by Mr. Dermot Kavanagh, CEO, Cork Simon Community. We are joined by Ms Louisa Santoro, CEO of The Mendicity Institution, who is here in the room, and Dr. Una Burns, head of policy and communications at Novas. They are all welcome. We will start with opening statements.