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

From the Department of housing, I welcome Ms Áine Stapleton, assistant secretary general for social housing delivery, Mr. Seán Armstrong, senior adviser in the climate and construction unit, and Mr. Noel Halvey, assistant principal officer. From the Department of Social Protection, I welcome Mr. Rónán Hession, assistant secretary general for working age and family policy, Mr. Simon Shevlin, principal officer, supplementary welfare allowance, and Ms Helen Kilcullen, assistant principal officer, supplementary welfare allowance policy.

I invite Ms Stapleton to make her opening statement.