Aidan Davitt (Fianna Fail)

First, I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on his new position. I have worked with him before on several committees. We are lucky to have such a competent Chair who has been successful in his time with the insurance industry and a lot of entities that are not so easy to deal with. We have a strong Chair, which is important. Second, looking around the room, it is great to see so many new, fresh and energetic people sitting around me. This will be a constructive committee. The structure of committees, as we will all gather as we work together, means that we must work together as a team to achieve the best results we can for everyone around the table.

The Cathaoirleach has the ball rolling now to work on his plan of work. As he said, we will all be able to contribute in that regard in order to get the right people in who we all want to talk to and make answerable for the decisions they are making every day in whatever role they have in slowing processes. I thank the Cathaoirleach and wish him the best of luck.