The Select Committee met at 13:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

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

+ In the absence of Deputy Louise O'Reilly for part of meeting.

In attendance: Deputies Ruth Coppinger, Peter Fitzpatrick, Mattie McGrath, Carol Nolan, Jonathan O'Brien, Bríd Smith and Peadar Tóibín.

DEPUTY MICHAEL HARTY IN THE CHAIR.