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 Denis Naughten, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor,

In attendance: Deputies Pat Breen, Eric Byrne, Michael Conaghan, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Michael Creed, Pat Deering, Timmy Dooley, Bernard J. Durkan, Frank Feighan, Terence Flanagan, Noel Grealish, Joe Higgins, Heather Humphreys, Paul Kehoe, James Kelly, Anthony Lawlor, Michael McCarthy, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Kieran O'Donnell, John O'Mahony, John Paul Phelan, Shane Ross and Billy Timmins, and Senators Ivana Bacik, Sean D. Barrett, Paul Bradford, Terry Brennan, Paul Coghlan, Martin Conway, Fidelma Healy Eames, Rónán Mullen, Michael Mullins, Marie-Louise O'Donnell, Susan O'Keeffe, Kathryn Reilly, Jim Walsh and Mary M. White.

DEPUTY JERRY BUTTIMER IN THE CHAIR.