The Joint Committee met at 15:10

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Thomas Byrne, Deputy Pearse Doherty, Senator Michael D'Arcy, Deputy Regina Doherty, Senator Hildegarde Naughton.* Deputy Anne Ferris,* Deputy Heather Humphreys, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Seán Kenny,* Deputy Michael McGrath, Deputy Dara Murphy, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Deputy Jonathan O'Brien,* Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, Deputy Liam Twomey,

* In the absence of Deputies Arthur Spring, Simon Harris and Mary Lou McDonald, and Senator Tom Sheahan, respectively.

DEPUTY CIARÁN LYNCH IN THE CHAIR.