The Joint Committee met at 16:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Joan Burton, Senator Maria Byrne, Deputy Thomas Byrne, Senator Robbie Gallagher, Deputy Catherine Martin, Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Deputy Carol Nolan, Senator Lynn Ruane.

In attendance: Deputies James Lawless, Aindrias Moynihan, Frank O'Rourke, Anne Rabbitte, Eamon Scanlon and Senator Jennifer Murnane O'Connor.

DEPUTY FIONA O'LOUGHLIN IN THE CHAIR.