Clerk to the Committee:

We are now in public session. In the absence of the Chairman and the Vice Chairman the first item is the election of an Acting Chairman. Can we have nominations for the position of Acting Chairman?

Tom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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I propose Senator Catherine Noone.

Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein)
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I second that.

Clerk to the Committee:

As there are no other nominations, I call on Senator Noone to take the Chair.