The Select Committee met at 09:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Bernard J. Durkan,* Deputy Tony McLoughlin, Deputy Charles Flanagan (Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade), Deputy Darragh O'Brien, Deputy Kathleen Funchion,* Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan. Deputy Noel Grealish, Deputy Joe McHugh (Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade),

* In the absence of Deputies Seán Barrett and Seán Crowe, respectively.

DEPUTY BRENDAN SMITH IN THE CHAIR.