The Joint Committee met at 14:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Paul Coghlan, Deputy Pearse Doherty, Senator Aideen Hayden. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Deputy Joe Higgins, Deputy Heather Humphreys, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Peter Mathews, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, Deputy Michael McGrath, Deputy Dara Murphy, Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, Deputy Arthur Spring, Deputy Brian Stanley, Deputy Billy Timmins, Deputy Liam Twomey,

DEPUTY CIARÁN LYNCH IN THE CHAIR.