SELECT COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE, DEFENCE AND EQUALITY debate

Prelude

The Select Committee met at 2.30 p.m.

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Ray Butler,+	Deputy Jonathan O’Brien,
Deputy Dara Calleary,	Deputy Patrick O’Donovan,*
Deputy Alan Farrell,	Deputy John O’Mahony,*
Deputy Anne Ferris,	Deputy John Paul Phelan,
Deputy Seán Kenny,	Minister for Justice and Equality).Deputy Alan Shatter (

* In the absence of Deputy Michael Creed.

+ In the absence of Deputy Alan Farrell, for part of meeting.

DEPUTY DAVID STANTON IN THE CHAIR.