The Joint Committee met at 11:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Pat Deering, Senator Michael Comiskey, Deputy Martin Heydon, Senator Mary Ann O'Brien, Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív, Senator Pat O'Neill. Deputy Willie Penrose, Deputy Thomas Pringle,

DEPUTY ANDREW DOYLE IN THE CHAIR.

The joint committee met in private session until 11.25 a.m.