The Joint Committee met at 09:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Catherine Byrne, Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Robert Dowds, Senator John Crown, Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick, Senator Imelda Henry, Deputy Seamus Healy, Senator Jillian van Turnhout. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Deputy Eamonn Maloney, Deputy Denis Naughten, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Deputy Robert Troy,

DEPUTY JERRY BUTTIMER IN THE CHAIR.

The joint committee met in private session until 9.40 a.m.