SELECT COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE, EQUALITY, DEFENCE AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS debate

Prelude

The Select Committee met at 2 p.m.

Members Present:

Deputy P. Bradford,†	Deputy M. McGennis,
Deputy M. Collins,*	Deputy J. McGuinness,
Deputy S. Coveney,*	Deputy D. Neville,*
Deputy M. Finucane,	Deputy J. O’Sullivan,
Deputy F. Fitzgerald,	Deputy A. Shatter,
Deputy M. Hanafin (Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform),	Deputy R. Shortall,*
Deputy B. Kelleher,*	Deputy G. V. Wright.
Deputy T. Killeen,*

*In the absence of Deputies M. Barnes, B. Cooper-Flynn, M. Coughlan, C. Flanagan, B. Howlin and E. Wade respectively.

†In the absence of Deputy J. O'Sullivan for part of the meeting.

DEPUTY S. ARDAGH in the chair.