The Joint Committee met at 15:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Pearse Doherty, Senator Thomas Byrne, Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Senator Tony Mulcahy.* Deputy Timmy Dooley, Deputy Robert Dowds,* Deputy Joe Higgins, Deputy Heather Humphreys, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, Deputy Peter Mathews, Deputy Dara Murphy, Deputy Brian Stanley, Deputy Billy Timmins, Deputy Joanna Tuffy,* Deputy Liam Twomey,

* In the absence of Deputies Michael McNamara and Arthur Spring and Senator Paul Coghlan, respectively.

DEPUTY CIARÁN LYNCH IN THE CHAIR.