Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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Members have the option of being physically present in the committee room or joining the meeting via MS Teams from their Leinster House offices. Members may not participate in the meeting from outside the parliamentary precincts. It is important to note that in order to participate, members must be physically present in the committee room. If joining on MS Teams, I ask that Members mute their microphones when not contributing and use the raise hand function to indicate. All present in the committee room are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others from Covid.

Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that, where possible, they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him or her identifiable.

The meeting has been convened to consider the 2023 Revised Estimate for Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine, which was referred by the Dáil on 14 December to the committee. I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, and his officials. He is accompanied by Mr. Gordon Conroy, assistant secretary general; Mr. Paul McNally, assistant principal officer; and Mr. William Farrell, administrative officer. I call on the Minister to make his opening statement. Does the Minister want to go through it all?