The Joint Committee met at 14:20

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Paudie Coffey, Senator Cáit Keane, Deputy Noel Coonan, Senator Denis Landy, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Fiach Mac Conghail, Deputy Barry Cowen, Senator Hildegarde Naughton, Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú. Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Tony McLoughlin, Deputy Michelle Mulherin, Deputy Catherine Murphy, Deputy Brian Stanley,

DEPUTY MICHAEL MCCARTHY IN THE CHAIR.