The Joint Committee met at 09:35

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Eamonn Coghlan,* Deputy Pearse Doherty, Senator Jillian van Turnhout,* Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Senator Mary M. White.* Deputy Timmy Dooley, Deputy Andrew Doyle,* Deputy Sean Fleming, Deputy Seamus Healy,+ Deputy Joe Higgins, Deputy Heather Humphreys, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Peter Mathews, Deputy Dara Murphy, Deputy Gerald Nash,+ Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív,+ Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, Deputy Shane Ross,+ Deputy Arthur Spring,

* In the absence of Deputy Simon Harris and Senators Sean D. Barrett, Aideen Hayden and Thomas Byrne, respectively.

+ In the absence of Deputies Joe Higgins, Kevin Humphreys, Timmy Dooley and Stephen S. Donnelly, respectively, for part of meeting.

DEPUTY CIARÁN LYNCH IN THE CHAIR.