The Joint Committee met at 14:20

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Simon Coveney (Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine), Senator Michael Comiskey, Deputy Pat Deering, Senator Mary Ann O'Brien, Deputy Martin Ferris, Senator Susan O'Keeffe, Deputy Martin Heydon, Senator Pat O'Neill. Deputy Michael McNamara, Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív, Deputy Thomas Pringle,

In attendance: Deputies Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and Michael Healy-Rae.

DEPUTY ANDREW DOYLE IN THE CHAIR.