The Select Committee met at 10:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Senator Maria Byrne, Senator Martin Conway, Senator Máire Devine, Senator Joan Freeman, Senator Colette Kelleher, Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh,

In attendance: Senator Frances Black, Senator Victor Boyhan, Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell, Senator Keith Swanick.

SENATOR PAUL COGHLAN IN THE CHAIR.