The Joint Committee met at 09:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

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

In attendance: Deputies Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, Martin Heydon, Heather Humphreys, Sandra McLellan, Michelle Mulherin, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Billy Timmins and Peadar Tóibín and Senators David Cullinane, John Kelly and Denis Landy.

DEPUTY JOHN O'MAHONY IN THE CHAIR.