The Joint Committee met at 14:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Sean D. Barrett, Deputy Michael Creed, Senator Thomas Byrne, Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Senator Paul Coghlan. Deputy Timmy Dooley, Deputy Sean Fleming, Deputy Simon Harris, Deputy Joe Higgins, Deputy Heather Humphreys, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, Deputy Dara Murphy, Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, Deputy Brian Stanley, Deputy Liam Twomey,

DEPUTY CIARÁN LYNCH IN THE CHAIR.