Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)

I thank Ms Walker-Strong. I thank all the organisations for the extensive consideration of the issues and the detail set out in the supporting documents, which is very helpful for our consideration of these important issues. A number of members have speaking slots in the Dáil and Seanad so may have to leave and come back. We intend to take a break at around 11 a.m. for five minutes. We will now move through the members list and take questions and answers. We hope to get to all members. We will take eight minutes per member in the hope that we reach everybody and give everybody the same amount of time. We will start with the first slot, which is Fianna Fáil. I call Deputy Daly.