The Select Committee met at 16:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Richard Bruton (Minister for Education and Skills), Deputy Bernard J. Durkan,+ Deputy Joan Burton, Deputy Catherine Martin, Deputy Thomas Byrne, Deputy Tom Neville,* Deputy Joe Carey,* Deputy Carol Nolan.

* In the absence of Deputies Jim Daly and Ciaran Cannon, respectively.

+ In the absence of Deputy Tom Neville for part of the meeting.

In attendance: Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett, Kate O'Connell, Brendan Ryan and Róisín Shortall.

DEPUTY FIONA O'LOUGHLIN IN THE CHAIR.