The Select Committee met at 10:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy John Brassil,+ Deputy Eoin Ó Broin, Deputy Mary Butler, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd, Deputy Catherine Byrne, Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, Deputy Ruth Coppinger, Deputy Maurice Quinlivan,+ Deputy Barry Cowen, Deputy Anne Rabbitte,+ Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Deputy Brendan Ryan, Deputy Kathleen Funchion, Deputy Mick Wallace. Deputy Michael Harty, Deputy Michael Noonan (Minister for Finance),

+ In the absence of Deputies Barry Cowen, Kathleen Funchion and Mary Butler, respectively, for part of meeting.

DEPUTY JOHN CURRAN IN THE CHAIR.