The Joint Committee met at 13:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe, Senator Frank Feighan, Deputy Robert Troy, Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh, Senator John O'Mahony.

In attendance: Deputy Seán Canney, Deputy Catherine Connolly, Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice, Deputy Noel Grealish, Deputy Seán Kyne, Deputy Eugene Murphy, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív, Deputy Anne Rabbitte and Senator Billy Lawless.

DEPUTY FERGUS O'DOWD IN THE CHAIR.