SELECT COMMITTEE on HERITAGE and the IRISH LANGUAGE díospóireacht

Prelude

The Select Committee met at 2.30 p.m.

Members Present:

Deputy M. Barnes,	Deputy P. McCormack,†
Deputy J. Brady,*	Deputy D. McGinley,
Deputy P. Carey,	Deputy O. Mitchell,
Deputy S. de Valera (Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands),	Deputy D. Moynihan,
Deputy E. Gilmore,	Deputy M. Moynihan,
Deputy M. Hanafin,	Deputy D. Roche,†
Deputy M. D. Higgins,	Deputy E. Ryan,†
Deputy C. Lenihan,*	Deputy B. Smith.*

*In the absence of Deputies M. Collins, B. Kenneally and M. Brady, respectively.

†In the absence of Deputies D. McGinley, B. Smith and P. Carey, respectively, for part of meeting.

DEPUTY D. CAREY in the chair.