The Select Committee met at 16:10

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Mick Barry,* Deputy Mattie McGrath, Deputy Pat Casey, Deputy Eoin Ó Broin, Deputy Barry Cowen, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd. Deputy Eoghan Murphy (Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government),

* In the absence of Deputy Ruth Coppinger.

In attendance: Deputies Joan Collins, Seamus Healy, Jan O'Sullivan and Bríd Smith.

DEPUTY MARIA BAILEY IN THE CHAIR.