The Joint Committee met at 10:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Seán Barrett, Senator Ivana Bacik, Deputy Declan Breathnach, Senator Paul Coghlan, Deputy Seán Crowe, Senator Gerard P. Craughwell, Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Senator Mark Daly, Deputy Seán Haughey, Senator Frank Feighan, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, Senator Terry Leyden, Deputy Mattie McGrath, Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile. Deputy Tony McLoughlin, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd, Deputy Frank O'Rourke, Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, Deputy Sean Sherlock, Deputy Brendan Smith,

In attendance: An Cathaoirleach (Senator Denis O'Donovan), Deputy Gerry Adams, Deputy Bobby Aylward, Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Deputy John Brady, Deputy John Brassil, Deputy James Browne, Deputy Pat Buckley, Deputy Mary Butler, Deputy Jackie Cahill, Deputy Pat Casey, Deputy Shane Cassells, Deputy Lisa Chambers, Deputy Niall Collins, Deputy David Cullinane, Deputy John Curran, Deputy Pearse Doherty, Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Deputy Timmy Dooley, Deputy Dessie Ellis, Deputy Martin Ferris, Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher, Deputy Seamus Healy, Deputy Heather Humphreys, Deputy Martin Kenny, Deputy John Lahart, Deputy Catherine Martin, Deputy Micheál Martin, Deputy Helen McEntee, Deputy Joe McHugh, Deputy Denise Mitchell, Deputy Aindrias Moynihan, Deputy Michael Moynihan, Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony, Deputy Imelda Munster, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, Deputy Maurice Quinlivan, Deputy Anne Rabbitte, Deputy Brendan Ryan, Eamon Ryan, Deputy Eamon Scanlon, Deputy Niamh Smyth, Deputy Brian Stanley, Senator Máire Devine, Senator Alice-Mary Higgins and Senator Michael McDowell.Note: MEMBERS PRESENT includes membership of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Defence, Joint Committee on European Union Affairs and Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement.

AN CEANN COMHAIRLE IN THE CHAIR.