The Select Committee met at 09:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Simon Coveney (Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine), Deputy Michael McNamara, Deputy Pat Deering, Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív, Deputy Martin Heydon, Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan,* Deputy Thomas Pringle.

* In the absence of Deputy Thomas Pringle, for part of meeting.

In attendance: Deputy Clare Daly.

DEPUTY ANDREW DOYLE IN THE CHAIR.