SELECT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND CHILDREN díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 8 Apr 1998

Vol. 1 No. 1

Prelude

The Select Committee met at 2.35 p.m.

Members Present:

Deputy M. Ahern,	Deputy C. Keaveney,
Deputy P. Bradford,	Deputy D. Neville,
Deputy D. Clune,	Deputy E. Ryan,*
Deputy P. Connaughton,	Deputy A. Shatter,
Deputy J. Dennehy,	Deputy P. J. Sheehan,*
Deputy F. Fahey (Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children),	Deputy R. Shortall.

*In the absence of Deputies B. Kenneally and J. Gormley respectively.

DEPUTY B. O’KEEFFE in the chair.

Chairman

Before we begin today's business, on behalf of the committee I extend our sympathies to Deputy Shortall, a member of the committee, on the death of her mother, and also to the Taoiseach and Deputy Noel Ahern on the death of their mother.

Are the minutes of the last meeting agreed? Agreed.