The Select Committee met at 17:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Lisa Chambers,* Deputy Tony McLoughlin, Deputy Noel Grealish, Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh,* Deputy Paul Kehoe (Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan.

* In the absence of Deputies Darragh O'Brien and Seán Crowe, respectively.

In attendance: Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett and Eamon Ryan.

DEPUTY BRENDAN SMITH IN THE CHAIR.