SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT debate

Prelude

The Select Committee met at 10 a.m.

Members Present:

Deputy N. Ahern,	Deputy T. Killeen,
Deputy N. Dempsey (Minister for the Environment and Local Government),	Deputy P. McCormack,
Deputy A. Dukes,	Deputy O. Mitchell,
Deputy S. Haughey,	Deputy R. Molloy (Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government),
Deputy B. Hayes,	Deputy S. Power,
Deputy B. Kelleher,	Deputy D. Wallace (Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government).

DEPUTY J. HEALY-RAE in the chair.