The Joint Committee met at 14:15

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy James Bannon, Senator Hildegarde Naughton, Deputy Ruth Coppinger, Senator Ned O'Sullivan. Deputy Barry Cowen, Deputy Robert Dowds, Deputy Michelle Mulherin, Deputy Catherine Murphy, Deputy Brian Stanley,

In attendance: Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett, Joe Higgins, Denis Naughten, Éamon Ó Cuív, Kieran O'Donnell and Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill.

DEPUTY MICHAEL MCCARTHY IN THE CHAIR.