The Select Committee met at 14:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Senator Jerry Buttimer, Senator Joan Freeman, Senator Martin Conway, Senator Collette Kelleher, Senator Máire Devine, Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh.

In attendance: Senators Frances Black, Victor Boyhan, Rose Conway-Walsh, Gerard P. Craughwell, Paul Daly, Aidan Davitt, Frank Feighan, Kevin Humphreys, Terry Leyden, Michael McDowell, Kieran O'Donnell, Grace O'Sullivan, Ned O'Sullivan and James Reilly.

SENATOR PAUL COGHLAN IN THE CHAIR.