The Select Committee met at 09:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Niall Collins, Deputy Seán Kenny, Deputy Anne Ferris, Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald (Minister for Justice and Equality), Deputy Gabrielle McFadden, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd.

In attendance: Deputies Jerry Buttimer, Ruth Coppinger, Anthony Lawlor, Mattie McGrath and Alan Shatter.

DEPUTY DAVID STANTON IN THE CHAIR.