The Select Committee met at 11:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy James Bannon, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Paudie Coffey, Deputy Seán Kyne,+ Deputy Noel Coonan, Deputy Tony McLoughlin, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Deputy Catherine Murphy Deputy Barry Cowen, Deputy Brian Stanley. Deputy Robert Dowds,+ Deputy Phil Hogan (Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government),

+ In the absence of Deputies James Bannon and Kevin Humphreys, respectively, for part of meeting.

In attendance: Deputy Mick Wallace.

DEPUTY MICHAEL McCARTHY IN THE CHAIR.