The Joint Committee met at 10:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Robert Dowds, Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Seamus Healy, Senator John Crown, Deputy Sandra McLellan, Senator Imelda Henry, Deputy Eamonn Maloney, Senator Jillian van Turnhout. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Deputy Dan Neville, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Deputy Robert Troy,

In attendance: Deputy Michelle Mulherin.

DEPUTY JERRY BUTTIMER IN THE CHAIR.