I'll call the meeting back to order. We had momentarily suspended, so the committee is now in session.
I would like to welcome our witnesses, beginning with the Minister of Labour, the Hon. Seamus O'Regan, as well as staff from the Department of Employment and Social Development and the Department of Justice. We will go through those as they appear.
Minister, we'll begin with five minutes of opening remarks by you, followed by a question and answer session. This was scheduled from 11 o'clock to 12 o'clock, Minister, so the committee will decide how it wants to proceed when we get to 12 o'clock.
Thank you.