Apologies have been received from Deputies Cyprian Brady, Catherine Byrne, Jackie Healy-Rae and Olwyn Enright. We send our good wishes to Deputy Enright.
Minutes of the meeting of 14 October have been circulated. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. I propose that the committee continue in private session to deal with housekeeping matters before hearing the briefing from the Simon Community on its experience of implementing the national strategy on homelessness. Is that agreed? Agreed.
The joint committee went into private session at 11.10 a.m. and resumed in public session at 11.20 a.m.