Clerk to the Committee:

As the Chair and the Vice Chair are unavoidably absent, the first matter today is the election of a temporary Chair. I now invite nominations for this role.

Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein)
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I nominate Deputy Pat Buckley.

Clerk to the Committee:

Is that agreed? Agreed. As there are no other nominations, I declare Deputy Pat Buckley temporary Chair of the committee and call on him to take the Chair.

Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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I propose to suspend the meeting temporarily to allow our witnesses take their seats.