The Joint Committee met at 09:45

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy James Bannon, Senator Cáit Keane, Deputy Paudie Coffey, Senator Denis Landy, Deputy Noel Coonan, Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Ned O'Sullivan. Deputy Barry Cowen, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Tony McLoughlin, Deputy Catherine Murphy, Deputy Brian Stanley,

In attendance: Deputy Seán Kyne; Senators John Gilroy and Mary M. White; and Pat The Cope Gallagher, MEP.

DEPUTY MICHAEL McCARTHY IN THE CHAIR.