Clerk to the Committee:

In the unavoidable absence of the Chair, I now seek nominations for the election of a temporary Chair.

Maria Byrne (Fine Gael)
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I propose Deputy Thomas Byrne.

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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I second that.

Clerk to the Committee:

Is that agreed? Agreed. I call on Deputy Thomas Byrne to take the Chair.