The Joint Committee met at 14:15

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy James Bannon, Senator Cáit Keane, Deputy Paudie Coffey, Senator Denis Landy, Deputy Noel Coonan, Senator Ned O'Sullivan. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Sandra McLellan, Deputy Tony McLoughlin, Deputy Michelle Mulherin, Deputy Catherine Murphy, Deputy Gerald Nash, Deputy Brian Stanley,

In attendance: Deputy Denis Naughten.

DEPUTY MICHAEL McCARTHY IN THE CHAIR.