The Joint Committee met at 09:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Mick Barry, Senator John O'Mahony, Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick, Senator Ned O'Sullivan. Deputy Imelda Munster, Deputy Catherine Murphy, Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe, Deputy Robert Troy,

In attendance: Deputies Michael Fitzmaurice, Danny Healy-Rae, Éamon Ó Cuív and Bríd Smith, and Senators Rose Conway-Walsh, Máire Devine and Kieran O'Donnell.

DEPUTY BRENDAN GRIFFIN IN THE CHAIR.