The Joint Committee met at 12:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Eric Byrne, Senator Aideen Hayden, Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Senator Terry Leyden, Deputy Derek Keating, Senator Kathryn Reilly. Deputy Seán Kyne,

DEPUTY DOMINIC HANNIGAN IN THE CHAIR.

The joint committee met in private session until 12 .40 p.m