John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I thank the representatives from all three groups for their opening statements. As they can see, there is a huge amount of interest in this matter among the members of the committee and other Members of the Oireachtas. I will try to give everyone an opportunity to contribute, but we will have to proceed in a very structured and constructive way if we are to be successful in that regard. The first six contributors will be Deputy Moynihan, then a member from the Government side, then Deputy Colreavy, then another member from the Government side, then Deputy Mattie McGrath and finally another member from the Government side. When they have posed their questions, I will ask our guests to provide replies. We will then group questions from the remainder of the members. Following that, I will take contributions from Deputies and Senators who are not members of the committee. This will ensure that everyone will have an opportunity to speak. I ask members and other Deputies and Senators to confine themselves, as much as possible, to asking questions. Each spokesperson will have two minutes. I want to be reasonable but I also want to give everyone an opportunity to contribute.