The Joint Committee met at 10:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy John Brassil, Senator Máire Devine, Deputy Pat Buckley, Senator Frank Feighan, Deputy Joe Carey, Senator Colette Kelleher, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Gabrielle McFadden, Deputy Tony McLoughlin, Senator Jennifer Murnane O'Connor. Deputy Tom Neville, Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin, Deputy Anne Rabbitte,

SENATOR JOAN FREEMAN IN THE CHAIR.