The Joint Committee met at 10:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Ivana Bacik, Deputy Alan Farrell, Senator Martin Conway, Deputy Anne Ferris, Senator Rónán Mullen, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald (Minister for Justice and Equality), Senator Katherine Zappone. Deputy Seán Kenny, Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Deputy Finian McGrath, Deputy John Paul Phelan,

DEPUTY DAVID STANTON IN THE CHAIR.