The Select Committee met at 14:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Eric Byrne, Deputy Dan Neville, Deputy Seán Crowe, Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, Deputy Jimmy Deenihan (Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), Deputy Ruairí Quinn, Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Deputy Sean Sherlock (Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) Deputy Charles Flanagan (Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade), Deputy Brendan Smith.

DEPUTY PAT BREEN IN THE CHAIR.