The Joint Committee met at 15:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Thomas Byrne, Deputy Michael Creed, Senator Paul Coghlan, Deputy Pearse Doherty, Senator Michael D'Arcy, Deputy Sean Fleming, Senator Aideen Hayden. Deputy Simon Harris, Deputy Joe Higgins, Deputy Heather Humphreys, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, Deputy Michael McGrath, Deputy Peter Mathews, Deputy Dara Murphy, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, Deputy Arthur Spring, Deputy Brian Stanley, Deputy Billy Timmins,

DEPUTY LIAM TWOMEY IN THE CHAIR.