The Joint Committee met at 10:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy John Brady, Senator Maria Byrne, Deputy Joan Collins, Senator John Dolan, Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Senator Paul Gavan, Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony, Senator Alice-Mary Higgins. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton,

DEPUTY JOHN CURRAN, DEPUTY FIONA O'LOUGHLIN AND DEPUTY MICHAEL HARTY IN THE CHAIR.