Clerk to the Committee:

As we have a quorum the select committee is in public session. In the unavoidable absence of the Chairman I must call for nominations for the election of a temporary Chairman.

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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I nominate Deputy Colm Brophy to be our Chairman for today.

Clerk to the Committee:

Are there any other nominations for temporary Chairman?

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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No, I second the nomination.