Clerk to the Committee:

The Chairperson is unavoidably absent from the meeting. In accordance with the Standing Orders of the Dáil and the Seanad, I now invite nominations for the position of Acting Chairman.

Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)
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I propose Deputy Buckley.

Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I second the nomination.

Clerk to the Committee:

As there are no other nominations, I must now put the question: "That Deputy Pat Buckley be elected Acting Chairman of the committee."