The Joint Committee met at 14:20

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy James Bannon, Senator Cáit Keane, Deputy Noel Coonan, Senator Hildegarde Naughton, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú, Deputy Barry Cowen, Senator Ned O'Sullivan. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Tony McLoughlin, Deputy Catherine Murphy, Deputy Gerald Nash, Deputy Brian Stanley,

* In the absence of Deputies Willie Penrose, Robert Troy and Brian Walsh.

DEPUTY MICHAEL MCCARTHY IN THE CHAIR.