Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister for her opening statement and I thank her officials. We will proceed to members’ questions. First up is Deputy Ruth Coppinger. There will be a timer clock. Everyone has seen in other committee meetings that some members speak for 4.5 minutes and then expect the Minister to be able to answer everything in 30 seconds. Please be cognisant of that. When we get to the end of a member’s time, I will move on to the next member regardless. I ask them to manage their own time slots and we will have a better flowing meeting. If we get to everyone, we will have a second round of questions for members. I will be fair to everyone. The slot is six minutes.