The Joint Committee met at 10:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Derek Keating, Senator Jim D'Arcy, Deputy Charlie McConalogue, Senator Hildegarde Naughton, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Senator Marie Moloney, Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Senator Averil Power. Deputy Brendan Ryan,

DEPUTY JOANNA TUFFY IN THE CHAIR.

The joint committee met in private session until 10.41 a.m.