The Select Committee met at 11:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony, Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Deputy Kate O'Connell, Deputy Simon Harris (Minister for Health), Deputy Louise O'Reilly. Deputy Alan Kelly,

In attendance: Deputies Joan Collins, Michael Collins, Ruth Coppinger, Clare Daly, Peter Fitzpatrick, Noel Grealish, Danny Healy-Rae, Michael Healy-Rae, Mattie McGrath, Carol Nolan, Jonathan O'Brien, Bríd Smith, Peadar Tóibín.

DEPUTY MICHAEL HARTY IN THE CHAIR.