Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Gibney, Ms Kilpatrick and Ms McGahey for their considered opening statements. We now open the committee's proceedings to our membership, some of whom are online and may be visible on screen. We allocate time to each political grouping and rotate that order so that there is no bias in our rotation of speakers. The next order of preference since our previous meeting runs as follows: Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the SDLP, the Alliance Party, the Green Party, Sinn Féin, the Labour Party, Independent Members and Aontú. Starting with Sinn Féin, whichever member that party wish to nominate can begin their contribution and the allocated speaking time is 15 minutes. Contributors should feel free to answer as they wish to keep the proceedings as informal as we can.