SELECT COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE, DEFENCE AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS debate

Prelude

The Select Committee met at 10.00 a.m.

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Dermot Ahern (Minister for Justice and Law Reform),	Deputy Charlie O’Connor,*
Deputy Thomas Byrne,	Deputy Brian O’Shea,
Deputy Joe Carey,	Deputy Pat Rabbitte,
Deputy Lucinda Creighton,	Deputy Trevor Sargent,
Deputy Michael Mulcahy,	Deputy Alan Shatter,
Deputy Darragh O’Brien,	Deputy David Stanton.

* In the absence of Deputy Noel Treacy.

In attendance: Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh.

DEPUTY BRENDAN KENNEALLY IN THE CHAIR.