The Select Committee met at 14:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Senator Paul Bradford, Senator Darragh O'Brien,* Senator Paul Coghlan, Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell, Senator Martin Conway,* Senator Diarmuid Wilson.* Senator Maurice Cummins,

* In the absence of Senators Lorraine Higgins, Mary M. White and Mark Daly, respectively.

In attendance: Senators Michael Comiskey, Gerard P. Craughwell, Rónán Mullen, Michael Mullins and Mary Ann O'Brien.

SENATOR DENIS O'DONOVAN IN THE CHAIR.