The Joint Committee met at 14:30

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Senator Paul Coghlan, Deputy Seán Haughey, Senator Gerard P. Craughwell, Deputy Helen McEntee (Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), Senator Neale Richmond. Deputy Mattie McGrath, Deputy Frank O'Rourke,

DEPUTY MICHAEL HEALY-RAE IN THE CHAIR.