Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

You have an awful lot to offer and I thank Ms Ní Shearchaigh for her presentation to the committee this morning. It is a matter we will be taking up again.

We now move to the second topic on our agenda, which is housing and sustaining communities on our offshore islands. I welcome to the meeting today one of the authors of the new report on this topic, Dr. Conor Cashman, from University College Cork's school of applied social science. The report was commissioned by Comhar na nÓileán. We are joined this morning by Máire Uí Mhaoláin, CEO of Comhar na nOileán, and Ms Nóirín Uí Mhaoldomhnaigh, bainisteoir, Comharchumann Oileán Árainn Mhór, and member of Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann. They are all very welcome here this morning. I now invite Dr. Cashman to make his opening statement.