Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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I thank the members for agreeing to the change of time to facilitate the address by President Zelenskyy to the joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas this morning.

I remind members who are participating in the meeting remotely from within the Leinster House complex that should a division occur they will be required to make their way to the meeting room within the normal division time to vote before returning to their original location.

I must go through the public healthcare arrangements. The proceedings of Oireachtas committees are now conducted without the requirement for social distancing, with normal capacity in the committee rooms restored. However, committees are encouraged to take a gradual approach to this change. Members and witnesses have the option to attend meetings in the relevant committee rooms or online through MS Teams. All those attending in the committee rooms and their environs should continue to wear masks, continue to sanitise, wash their hands properly and often, avail of sanitisers outside and inside committee rooms, be respectful of other people's physical space and practise good respiratory etiquette. Members and all in attendance are asked to exercise personal responsibility in protecting themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. Those who have any Covid-19 symptoms, no matter how mild, should not attend the meetings.