SELECT COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND REFORM (Select Sub-Committee on Finance) debate

Prelude

The Joint Committee met at 14.30 p.m.

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett,	Deputy Michael McGrath,
Deputy Pearse Doherty,	Deputy Michael McNamara,
Deputy Robert Dowds,*	Deputy Peter Mathews,*
Deputy Terence Flanagan,+	Deputy Olivia Mitchell,+
Deputy Sean Fleming,+	Deputy Kieran O’Donnell,
Deputy Brian Hayes (Minister of State at the Department of Finance),	Deputy Billy Timmins.

* In the absence of Deputies Alex White and Jim Daly, respectively.

+ In the absence of Deputies Peter Mathews, Michael McGrath and Kieran O'Donnell, respectively, for part of meeting.

DEPUTY LIAM TWOMEY IN THE CHAIR.