The Joint Committee met at 17:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Eric Byrne, Deputy Olivia Mitchell, Deputy Joe Costello (Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), Deputy Gerald Nash, Deputy Seán Crowe, Deputy Dan Neville, Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, Deputy Eamon Gilmore (Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade), Deputy Brendan Smith.

DEPUTY PAT BREEN IN THE CHAIR.