The Select Committee met at 09:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Peter Burke, Deputy Carol Nolan, Deputy Seán Canney, Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív, Deputy Michael Collins, Deputy Willie Penrose, Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice, Deputy Michael Ring (Minister for Rural and Community Development), Deputy Seán Kyne (Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development), Deputy Niamh Smyth.

DEPUTY WILLIE PENROSE IN THE CHAIR.