Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party)
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I said that members had six minutes but they actually had seven minutes so I apologise to the opening contributors that I cut them short by a minute but we will make it up to them at the end. I will take the next slot, which is a Green Party one, and I will give myself seven minutes to be fair.

I thank the witnesses for being here and I echo Deputy Ó'Broin's words that some of the work we have received from the SCSI, including its presentations, has been helpful in the work the committee has done. We met the groups from Mayo, Donegal and Clare earlier on and there was a suggestion that the SCSI had one hand tied behind its back in this. I want to be clear that what happens is the SCSI is provided with terms of reference within which it must work. Is that what happened in this situation? Were those terms of reference pretty clear?