The Joint Committee met at 09:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Catherine Byrne, Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Ciara Conway, Senator John Crown, Deputy Regina Doherty, Senator Imelda Henry, Deputy Robert Dowds, Senator Marc MacSharry, Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick, Senator Jillian van Turnhout. Deputy Seamus Healy, Deputy Billy Kelleher, Deputy Mattie McGrath, Deputy Eamonn Maloney, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Deputy Denis Naughten, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin,

In attendance: Deputies Dara Calleary, Michael Conaghan, Michael Creed, Bernard J. Durkan, Damien English, Frank Feighan, Terence Flanagan, Simon Harris, Joe Higgins, Kevin Humphreys, Paul Kehoe, Finian McGrath, Tony McLoughlin, Seán Ó Feargháil, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Patrick O'Donovan, John O'Mahony, John Paul Phelan, Brendan Ryan, Billy Timmins and Peadar Tóibín, and Senators Ivana Bacik, Paul Bradford, Terry Brennan, Deirdre Clune, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Fidelma Healy Eames, Paschal Mooney, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Marie-Louise O'Donnell, Jim Walsh and Katherine Zappone.

DEPUTY JERRY BUTTIMER IN THE CHAIR.