The Joint Committee met at 10:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Sean D. Barrett, Deputy Pearse Doherty, Senator Thomas Byrne, Deputy Regina Doherty, Senator Paul Coghlan, Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Senator Michael D'Arcy. Deputy Timmy Dooley, Deputy Alan Farrell, Deputy Simon Harris, Deputy Joe Higgins, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, Deputy Michael McGrath, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, Deputy Arthur Spring,

In attendance: Deputy Peter Mathews.

DEPUTY CIARÁN LYNCH IN THE CHAIR.