Clerk to the Committee:

Apologies have been received from Deputy Seán Canney. The first item of business is the election of a Chairman and I now invite nominations for the position.

Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Is anyone keen on this job? There are also apologies from Deputy Ó Broin as he is in the Chamber now.

Clerk to the Committee:

We can record that.

Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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With the possibility of a new Government next week, are we really going through the motions?

Clerk to the Committee:

We need to elect a Chairman before we can proceed to do any business today.

Maria Bailey (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I nominate Deputy Colm Brophy.

Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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I nominate Deputy Sean Fleming.

Clerk to the Committee:

As there is more than one nomination for the position of Chairman, I will deal with each nomination in the order received.