James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have received apologies from Senator Vincent P. Martin. I ask everyone to turn off their mobile phones or put them on flight mode so as not to interfere with the sound. We are all familiar with the procedures around that.

Today's meeting is to conduct pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the domestic, sexual and gender-based violence agency Bill. A number of stakeholders will join us.