Clerk to the Committee:

The Chairman has given notice that he is unavoidably absent from the meeting. In that case, according to Standing Orders for the Dáil and the Seanad, the joint committee must proceed at once to elect one of its members as Acting Chairman.

Grace O'Sullivan (Green Party)
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I propose Senator Paudie Coffey.

Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent)
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I second Senator Grace O'Sullivan's proposal.

Clerk to the Committee:

Is that agreed? Agreed.