The Joint Committee met at 14:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Niall Collins, Senator Ivana Bacik, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Paul Bradford, Deputy Anne Ferris, Senator Martin Conway, Deputy Seán Kenny, Senator Denis O'Donovan, Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Senator Katherine Zappone. Deputy Finian McGrath, Deputy John Paul Phelan,

In attendance: Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and Senator Mary M. White.

DEPUTY DAVID STANTON IN THE CHAIR.