The Joint Committee met at 09:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Paudie Coffey, Senator Terry Brennan, Deputy Michael Colreavy, Senator Paschal Mooney, Deputy Timmy Dooley, Senator John Whelan. Deputy Dessie Ellis, Deputy Tom Fleming, Deputy Noel Harrington, Deputy Seán Kenny, Deputy Helen McEntee, Deputy Mattie McGrath, Deputy Michael Moynihan, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan, Deputy Ann Phelan,

In attendance: Deputies Pat Deering, Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, Seamus Healy, Heather Humphreys and Peadar Tóibín, and Senators David Cullinane, John Kelly and Denis Landy.

DEPUTY JOHN O'MAHONY IN THE CHAIR.