JOINT COMMITTEE ON JOBS, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND EDUCATION debate -
Wednesday, 27 Jul 2011

Prelude

The Joint Committee met at 9.30 a.m.

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Ray Butler,	Senator Deirdre Clune,
Deputy Áine Collins,	Senator Michael Mullins,
Deputy Michael Conaghan,	Senator Averil Power,
Deputy Barry Cowen,	Senator Feargal Quinn.
Deputy Seán Crowe,
Deputy John Halligan,
Deputy Anthony Lawlor,
Deputy John Lyons,
Deputy Nicky McFadden,
Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor,
Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin,
Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh,
Deputy Brendan Ryan,
Deputy Brendan Smith,

DEPUTY DAMIEN ENGLISH IN THE CHAIR.

Vice Chairman

Apologies have been received from Deputy Brendan Griffin. The Chairman will be back in the hot seat in an hour.

The joint committee went into private session at 9.30 a.m. and resumed in public session at 9.35 a.m.