JOINT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND SCIENCE debate

Prelude

The Joint Committee met at 11 a.m.

Members Present:

Deputy B. Andrews,	Deputy N. O’Keeffe,†
Deputy J. Curran,	Deputy J. O’Sullivan,
Deputy N. Dempsey (Minister for Education and Science),	Deputy B. Smith,†
Deputy J. Ellis,†	Deputy D. Stanton,
Deputy O. Enright,	Senator C. Brady,*
Deputy P. Gogarty,	Senator U. Burke,
Deputy M. Hoctor,	Senator J. Minihan,
Deputy T. McEllistrim,	Senator D. Wilson.†
Deputy M. Mulcahy,

*In the absence of Senator L. Fitzgerald.

†In the absence of Deputies Andrews, Mulcahy and Hoctor and Senator C. Brady, respectively, for part of meeting.

DEPUTY T. KILLEEN in the chair.