The Joint Committee met at 09:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Catherine Byrne, Senator Ivana Bacik,* Deputy Ciara Conway, Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Regina Doherty, Senator John Crown, Deputy Robert Dowds, Senator Aideen Hayden,+ Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick, Senator Imelda Henry, Deputy Seamus Healy, Senator Jillian van Turnhout, Deputy Billy Kelleher, Senator Jim Walsh.* Deputy Mattie McGrath, Deputy Sandra McLellan, Deputy Eamonn Maloney, Deputy Denis Naughten, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Deputy Robert Troy,

* In the absence of Senators John Gilroy and Marc MacSharry, respectively.

+ In the absence of Senator Ivana Bacik, for part of meeting.

In attendance: Deputies Paudie Coffey, Michael Creed, Jim Daly, Bernard J. Durkan, Alan Farrell, Terence Flanagan, Tom Hayes, Kevin Humphreys, Derek Keating, Tony McLoughlin, Peter Mathews, Olivia Mitchell, Michelle Mulherin, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, John O'Mahony, John Paul Phelan, Brendan Ryan, Arthur Spring, David Stanton, Billy Timmins, Peadar Tóibín and Liam Twomey, and Senators Paul Bradford, Terry Brennan, Martin Conway, Michael D'Arcy, Fidelma Healy Eames, Terry Leyden, Rónán Mullen, Michael Mullins, Catherine Noone, Labhras Ó Murchú and Susan O'Keeffe.

DEPUTY JERRY BUTTIMER IN THE CHAIR.