The Joint Committee met at 09:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Catherine Byrne, Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Robert Dowds, Senator John Crown, Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick, Senator Imelda Henry, Deputy Seamus Healy, Senator Jillian van Turnhout. Deputy Sandra McLellan, Deputy Eamonn Maloney, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Deputy Dan Neville, Deputy Robert Troy,

In attendance: Deputies Eoghan Murphy and John Paul Phelan.

DEPUTY JERRY BUTTIMER IN THE CHAIR.