Colleagues, it being 8:45, we'll commence the meeting. Welcome, all.
Two of our guests today are appearing via video conference. We have Mr. John Devitt, who is the chief executive of Transparency International Ireland, coming to us via video conference from Dublin. We will also be joined by Mr. Tom Devine later this morning. He informed us that he would be a few moments late, but once he appears we will get his testimony as well. In person, we have Ms. Joanna Gualtieri from The Integrity Principle.
Colleagues, we have one hour for these three witnesses. I understand that all three have brief opening statements of approximately 10 minutes each. That will leave approximately 30 minutes for testimony and answers, which means that we'll have one seven-minute round of questions from our committee members, and then we'll move on to our second panel.
Mr. Devitt, we'll start with your opening statement.