The Joint Committee met at 14:00

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Mary Butler, Senator Máire Devine, Deputy Jack Chambers, Senator Ian Marshall, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Grace O'Sullivan. Deputy Martin Heydon, Deputy John Lahart, Deputy Tom Neville, Deputy Carol Nolan, Deputy Thomas Pringle, Deputy Eamon Ryan,

In attendance: Deputy Eugene Murphy.

DEPUTY HILDEGARDE NAUGHTON IN THE CHAIR.

The joint committee went into private session at 2.11 p.m., suspended at 2.17 p.m. and resumed in public session at 2.18 p.m.