Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

We have received apologies from Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor.

Parliamentary privilege is considered to apply to the utterances of members participating online in a committee meeting when their participation is from within the parliamentary precincts. There can be no assurances with regard to participation online from outside the parliamentary precincts, and members should be mindful of this when they are contributing.

I welcome all the witnesses to the meeting. The committee has four modules and this one concerns the health-led approach. I welcome from the SAOL Project, Ms Paula Kearney, BRIO co-ordinator, and Mr. Gary Broderick, director; from Merchants Quay Ireland, Mr. Eddie Mullins, CEO, and Mr. Geoffrey Corcoran, head of operations and delivery; Dr. Sharon Lambert, school of applied psychology, University College Cork; Dr. Richard Healy, research and policy officer with AHEAD; and Dr. Barry Cullen, youth and community development worker. They are very welcome to this committee today.

Each member has seven minutes to make a contribution and ask questions. I will be strict in that regard. There will then be a second round of four minutes for each contributor. That is the timeframe.

I invite Ms Kearney to make her opening statement.