SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT debate

Prelude

The Select Committee met at 3.30 p.m.

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy James Bannon,	Deputy Ciarán Lynch,
Deputy Michael Fitzpatrick,	Deputy Pádraic McCormack,
Deputy John Gormley, (Minister	Deputy Christy O’Sullivan,
for the Environment, Heritage and	Deputy Joanna Tuffy.
Local Government),
Deputy Phil Hogan,

In attendance: Deputy Ciarán Cuffe, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

DEPUTY SEÁN FLEMING IN THE CHAIR.