The Joint Committee met at 14:15

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Paudie Coffey, Senator Cáit Keane, Deputy Noel Coonan, Senator Denis Landy, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Catherine Noone, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú, Deputy Sandra McLellan, Senator Ned O'Sullivan. Deputy Tony McLoughlin, Deputy Michelle Mulherin, Deputy Catherine Murphy, Deputy Brian Stanley,

In attendance: Deputy Dessie Ellis.

DEPUTY CIARÁN LYNCH IN THE CHAIR.