The Joint Committee met at 10:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Niall Collins, Senator Ivana Bacik, Deputy Alan Farrell, Senator Martin Conway, Deputy Seán Kenny, Senator Tony Mulcahy. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Deputy Gabrielle McFadden, Deputy Finian McGrath, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd,

In attendance: Deputies Michael Fitzmaurice and Martin Heydon.

DEPUTY DAVID STANTON IN THE CHAIR.