The Joint Committee met at 10:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Pat Deering, Senator Michael Comiskey, Deputy Martin Ferris, Senator Mary Ann O'Brien, Deputy Martin Heydon, Senator Susan O'Keeffe, Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív, Senator Pat O'Neill. Deputy Thomas Pringle,

DEPUTY ANDREW DOYLE IN THE CHAIR.

The joint committee met in private session until 10.45 a.m.