Clerk to the Committee:

This is the first meeting of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness. No apologies have been received. The first item on the agenda is the election of a Chairman. I must now ask for nominations for that position.

Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I second that proposal.

Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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On behalf of Sinn Féin, I nominate Deputy Eoin Ó Broin for the position of Chairman. This will be a very good committee which, I hope, will come up with a lot of solutions to the housing crisis. It is a cross-party committee, which is welcome. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin would be an excellent Chairman.

Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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I second Deputy Ó Broin's nomination.

Clerk to the Committee:

There being more than one nomination, the questions will now be put in the order in which each nomination was received. I will put the first question: "That Deputy John Curran be elected Chairman of the committee."

Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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The minority Government is working already.