SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT debate -
Wednesday, 19 May 1999

Vol. 2 No. 2

Prelude

The Select Committee met at 10 a.m.

Members Present:

Deputy N. Ahern,	Deputy B. Hayes,
Deputy D. Clune,	Deputy B. Kelleher,
Deputy N. Dempsey (Minister for the Environment and Local Government),	Deputy T. Killeen,
Deputy A. Dukes,	Deputy P. McCormack,
Deputy E. Gilmore,	Deputy S. Power.
Deputy S. Haughey,

DEPUTY J. HEALY-RAE, in the chair.

Chairman

I welcome the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, Deputy Dempsey, and his officials to the meeting. The committee's task is to resume consideration of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Bill, 1998 [Seanad] - Committee Stage. Subject to the agreement of the committee, I suggest that we consider the Bill until at least 5.30 p.m. If the committee has not concluded consideration of the Bill by then, a further meeting will be scheduled. Is that agreed? Agreed. I also suggest that the committee suspend proceedings at 1 p.m. until 2.15 p.m.

Mr. Dukes

Instead may I suggest that the committee suspend from 1 p.m. until 2.30 p.m.?

Chairman

Is Deputy Dukes' suggestion agreed? Agreed.