JOINT COMMITTEE ON JOBS, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND EDUCATION debate

Prelude

The Joint Committee met at 9.30 a.m.

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Michael Conaghan,	Senator John Kelly,
Deputy Barry Cowen,	Senator Marie-Louise O’Donnell,
Deputy Seán Crowe,	Senator Averil Power,
Deputy Tom Fleming,	Senator Feargal Quinn.
Deputy Brendan Griffin,
Deputy John Halligan,
Deputy Seán Kyne,
Deputy Anthony Lawlor,
Deputy John Lyons,
Deputy Nicky McFadden,
Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor,
Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin,
Deputy Brendan Smith,
Deputy Peadar Tóibín,

In attendance: Deputy Joe McHugh and Senator Fidelma Healy Eames.

DEPUTY DAMIEN ENGLISH IN THE CHAIR.