SELECT COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL AND FAMILY AFFAIRS debate

Prelude

The Select Committee met at 3.05 p.m.

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Noel Ahern,*	Deputy Bernard Durkan,*
Deputy Cyprian Brady,	Deputy Olwyn Enright,
Deputy Thomas Byrne,	Deputy Mattie McGrath,
Deputy Joe Carey,	Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív (Minister for Social
	Protection),
	Deputy Róisín Shortall.

*In the absence of Deputies Niall Blaney and Seymour Crawford, respectively.

In attendance: Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh.

DEPUTY CHARLIE O’CONNOR IN THE CHAIR.