The Joint Committee met at 10:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Catherine Byrne, Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Ciara Conway, Senator John Gilroy, Deputy Regina Doherty, Senator Imelda Henry, Deputy Robert Dowds, Senator Marc MacSharry, Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick, Senator Jillian van Turnhout. Deputy Billy Kelleher, Deputy Sandra McLellan, Deputy Eamonn Maloney, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Deputy Dan Neville, Deputy Caomhigín Ó Caoláin, Deputy Roberty Troy,

In attendance: Deputies Lucinda Creighton and Noel Harrington, and Senator Mary Ann O'Brien.

DEPUTY JERRY BUTTIMER IN THE CHAIR.