73 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the number of meetings held to date by the inter-Departmental committee on the Report of the Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities; the names of the persons in attendance at each meeting; and whether any Ministers, Ministers of State, programme managers or political advisers will be directly involved in the committee's work. [7149/97]

The interdepartmental task force which I established to draw up a plan of action on the rights of people with disablities met on 21 January and 18 February 1997.

The attendance at the meeting of 21 January was as follows: Ms Sylda Langford (Chairperson), Department of Equality and Law Reform; Mr. Pat Wylie, Department of Equality and Law Reform; Mr. Brendán Ó Cathasaigh, Department of Equality and Law Reform; Mr. Declan Purcell, Department of Enterprise and Employment; Mr. Eddie Brannigan, Department of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Philip Kelly, Department of the Taoiseach; Ms Mary McCarthy, Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht; Mr. Michael Harper, Department of Transport, Energy and Communications; Mr. John Haskin, Department of Justice; Ms Fiona O'Dea, Department of Tourism and Trade; Mr. Stephan O'Neill, Department of Finance; Mr. Con Breen, Department of Finance; Mr. Donnacha Ó Muineacháin, Department of the Environment and Mr. John Collins, Department of Health.