The Joint Committee met at 15:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Sean D. Barrett, Deputy Pearse Doherty, Senator Thomas Byrne, Deputy Regina Doherty, Senator Aideen Hayden. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Deputy Simon Harris, Deputy Joe Higgins, Deputy Heather Humphreys, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy Michael McGrath, Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin,

In attendance: Deputy Lucinda Creighton.

DEPUTY CIARÁN LYNCH IN THE CHAIR.