The Joint Committee met at 10:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Colm Brophy, Senator Paul Coghlan, Deputy Mary Butler, Senator Joan Freeman, Deputy Joe Carey, Senator Gerry Horkan,* Deputy Catherine Connolly, Senator Michael McDowell, Deputy John Curran, Senator Neale Richmond. Deputy Pat Deering, Deputy Alan Farrell, Deputy Michael Harty, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd, Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin, Deputy Sean Sherlock, Deputy Brendan Smith, Deputy Peadar Tóibín,

* In the absence of Deputy John McGuinness.

DEPUTY MARIA BAILEY IN THE CHAIR.