Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party)
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I thank the Senator for her question. I must admit that having somebody appear as both a witness and a member of the committee is an unusual situation. I do not see it covered in Standing Orders. We requested the presence of the general secretaries or assistant general secretaries of the parties or their nominee to assist us in our pre-legislative scrutiny this morning. It would appear that Deputy Ó Broin has been nominated as the representative of the general secretary of Sinn Féin to appear as a witness at the committee. Could Deputy Ó Broin confirm this? I see he has his hand up. I do not want to spend too much time on this because we have a lot to get through. Could Deputy Ó Broin confirm that he is a witness here? Is that correct?