The Joint Committee met at 14:10

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Cáit Keane, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Senator Denis Landy, Deputy Tony McLoughlin, Senator Fiach Mac Conghail, Deputy Michelle Mulherin, Senator Hildegarde Naughton, Deputy Catherine Murphy, Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú. Deputy Brian Stanley,

In attendance: Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett, Dessie Ellis and Michael P. Kitt.

DEPUTY MICHAEL MCCARTHY IN THE CHAIR.