The Joint Committee met at 14:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Thomas Byrne, Deputy Michael Creed, Senator Paul Coghlan, Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Senator Aideen Hayden. Deputy Timmy Dooley, Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick,* Deputy Simon Harris, Deputy Heather Humphreys, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Michael McGrath, Deputy Peter Mathews, Deputy Dara Murphy, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, Deputy Arthur Spring, Deputy Brian Stanley,

* In the absence of Deputy Billy Timmins.

DEPUTY CIARÁN LYNCH IN THE CHAIR.