The Select Committee met at 10:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Mary Butler, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd, Deputy Ruth Coppinger, Deputy Frank O'Rourke,+ Deputy Barry Cowen, Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Deputy Eoin Ó Broin, Deputy Kathleen Funchion, Deputy Maurice Quinlivan,+ Deputy Michael Harty, Deputy Brendan Ryan, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran,* Deputy Mick Wallace.

* In the absence of Deputy Seán Canney.

+ In the absence of Deputy Mary Butler and Deputy Eoin Ó Broin, respectively, for part of the meeting.

DEPUTY JOHN CURRAN IN THE CHAIR.