The Joint Committee met at 09:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

MEMBERS PRESENT: Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Catherine Byrne, Senator John Crown, Deputy Regina Doherty, Senator Jillian van Turnhout. Deputy Robert Dowds, Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick, Deputy Kathleen Lynch (Minister of State at the Department of Health), Deputy Eamonn Maloney, Deputy Mattie McGrath, Deputy Sandra McLellan, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Deputy Dan Neville, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Deputy James Reilly (Minister for Health), Deputy Alex White (Minister of State at the Department of Health),

DEPUTY JERRY BUTTIMER IN THE CHAIR.