The Joint Committee met at 10:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Pearse Doherty, Senator Sean D. Barrett, Deputy Regina Doherty, Senator Thomas Byrne, Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Senator Paul Coghlan, Deputy Timmy Dooley, Senator Aideen Hayden. Deputy Alan Farrell, Deputy Joe Higgins, Deputy Heather Humphreys, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, Deputy Michael McGrath, Deputy Dara Murphy, Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, Deputy Arthur Spring, Deputy Peadar Tóibín,+ Deputy Liam Twomey, Deputy Jack Wall,*

* In the absence of Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin.

+ In the absence of Deputy Pearse Doherty for part of the meeting.

In attendance: Deputy Peter Mathews and Senator Fidelma Healy Eames.

DEPUTY CIARÁN LYNCH IN THE CHAIR.