The Joint Committee met at 11:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Michael Colreavy, Senator Terry Brennan, Deputy Timmy Dooley, Senator Eamonn Coghlan, Deputy Dessie Ellis, Senator Paschal Mooney. Deputy Alan Farrell, Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice, Deputy Tom Fleming, Deputy Brendan Griffin, Deputy Noel Harrington, Deputy Seán Kenny, Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Deputy Michael McCarthy, Deputy Helen McEntee, Deputy Finian McGrath, Deputy Eamonn Maloney, Deputy Michael Moynihan, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan, Deputy Brian Walsh,

In attendance: Deputies Denis Naughten and Thomas Pringle

DEPUTIES JOHN O'MAHONY and DAVID STANTON IN THE CHAIR.

The Joint Committee on Transport and Communications met in private session until 12.28 p.m. and met in joint sitting with the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality from 2.30 p.m.