The Joint Committee met at 09:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Catherine Byrne, Senator Ivana Bacik, Deputy Joe Costello, Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Seamus Healy, Senator Martin Conway, Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Senator John Crown, Deputy Finian McGrath, Senator Imelda Henry, Deputy Sandra McLellan, Senator Jillian van Turnhout. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Deputy Dan Neville, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd,

In attendance: Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan.

DEPUTIES JERRY BUTTIMER AND DAVID STANTON IN THE CHAIR.