The Joint Committee met at 14:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Niall Collins, Senator Martin Conway. Deputy Alan Farrell, Deputy Finian McGrath, Deputy John Paul Phelan,

In attendance: Deputies Seán Ó Fearghaíl and Kieran O'Donnell, and Senators Gerard P. Craughwell and Hildegarde Naughton.

DEPUTY DAVID STANTON IN THE CHAIR.