Michael Murphy (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)

I thank Mr. Cummins. I think the biggest challenge I will have today is the management of time, bearing in mind we have a second witness group coming in at 11 o'clock. We have approximately 40 minutes. I acknowledge the many people in the Public Gallery. We received many requests from other stakeholders to appear as witnesses but, unfortunately, the committee could not invite everybody. I have no doubt there will be further hearings in this regard. With the permission of the members and bearing in mind the time we have available, I propose an initial slot of four minutes for each member.

I ask members to stick rigidly to this. Deputy Boland has emailed the committee and allocated her slot to Senator Duffy and I call on him now.