The Joint Committee met at 16:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Sean D. Barrett, Deputy Pearse Doherty, Senator Thomas Byrne, Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Senator Paul Coghlan, Deputy Joe Higgins, Senator Aideen Hayden. Deputy Heather Humphreys, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, Deputy Michael McGrath, Deputy Peter Mathews, Deputy Dara Murphy, Deputy Michael Noonan (Minister for Finance), Deputy Kieran O'Donnell,

DEPUTY LIAM TWOMEY IN THE CHAIR.