The Joint Committee met at 10:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Ivana Bacik, Deputy Alan Farrell, Senator Tony Mulcahy, Deputy Anne Ferris, Senator Katherine Zappone. Deputy Finian McGrath, Deputy John Perry (Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation), Deputy John Paul Phelan,

In attendance: Senator Eamonn Coghlan, Senator Paschal Mooney, Senator Michael Mullins and Senator David Norris.

DEPUTY DAVID STANTON IN THE CHAIR.