Apologies have been received from Deputy Cronin. At the outset, I advise members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex in order to participate in public meetings. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable or otherwise engage in speech that might be regarded as damaging to the good name of the person or entity. Therefore, if a member's statements are potentially defamatory in relation to an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks. It is imperative that any such direction be complied with.

Item No. 1 on the agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 27 May, which have been circulated. Are they agreed? Agreed.

Item No. 2 is correspondence. We have two items of correspondence to consider today. The first item correspondence is from Mr. Liam Conneally, providing the response of the County and City Management Association, CCMA, to members seeking additional information arising from the meeting held on 6 May. Some of the points include: a breakdown by local authority of the amount of zoned land in the State; the number of housing units that 1 ha can accommodate - which we asked for; the impact of the zoned land tax being levied; an information note on the percentage of the tax and when it will start; and the percentage of the 7,500 homes capacity created by Galway County Council that are in areas that need infrastructural improvements. People can see that item of correspondence. It is very useful and contains good information. I have summarised it and everybody will want to look at their own local authority in terms of how many hectares they have available for housing lands or residential zoning.

The next thing I want to draw attention to in that correspondence is the impact of the zoned land tax. I am told around €50 million has been collected in the first year. I will just put that figure out there. Then there is the zoned land tax. If the land is zoned residential, the new zoned land tax does not apply providing it is being actively being farmed and there is a herd number. The tax rate is 3% of the market value. It commenced on 1 February but the tax fell due in 2026 in respect of last year. People will find some of that correspondence interesting and we will note and publish that. Is that agreed? Agreed.

The next item of correspondence is from IBEC and the topic is from progress to peace: scaling Ireland's infrastructural delivery. The correspondence is from Mr. Aidan Sweeney regarding an invitation to IBEC's in-person seminar on from progress to peace: scaling Ireland's infrastructural delivery. The event will take place on 17 June from 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. and members can respond directly using the link in the email if they wish to attend. It is up to members, individually. The event will reflect on the six months since the publication of the accelerating infrastructure report and action plan. It will last for 90 minutes and includes a keynote address and conversation between the Minister, Deputy Jack Chambers, and IBEC CEO Mr. Danny McCoy. If members wish to attend they are free to respond directly and make their own arrangements but I would like to get agreement from the committee that Mr. Alan Morton, who is part of the committee secretariat, will attend to represent the committee and report back on that event. It need not be too elaborate a report; just the key points. Is that agreed? Agreed. Any member is free to attend and make their own arrangements directly.

Before we move on to the next item, which will be to finalise our discussion document which we hope will complete our work and we will be able to adopt report number two for our committee, we will go into private session to discuss that report.