John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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At this point I wish to make one or two general comments and then I shall do something specific. Obviously there have been a number of suggestions and recommendations and we will get the secretariat to collate them as far as possible and distribute this information among the members. It is important to note that while we have ten sessions set out, members will have to use their own experience and latitude when a witness is presenting to decide what we talk about, whether it is on the legal side or whether members want to drift into the area of land banking and so forth. Witnesses might not be coming back on different categories, so members must use the opportunity when we have them in.

At the very start of the meeting, Deputy Wallace was concerned that finance was towards the bottom of the agenda. I indicated that we will have to have a degree of flexibility with people because it is a six-week period and we cannot afford to say we have nobody in next week. Are there two or three items on this agenda that people want to prioritise in order that we will ask the secretariat to try to get those people in at an earlier stage?