The Joint Committee met at 09:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Niall Collins, Senator Ivana Bacik, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Martin Conway, Deputy Alan Farrell, Senator Denis O'Donovan. Deputy Anne Ferris, Deputy Seán Kenny, Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Deputy Finian McGrath,

In attendance: Deputies Noel Coonan and Michael Lowry.

DEPUTY DAVID STANTON IN THE CHAIR.