Prelude
        The Joint Committee met at 11.40 a.m.
        
          MEMBERS PRESENT:
          
            
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                  Deputy Pat Breen,
                 
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                  Senator Maurice Cummins,
                 
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                  Deputy Thomas Byrne,
                 
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                  Senator Paschal Donohoe,
                 
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                  Deputy Joe Costello,
                 
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                  Senator John Hanafin,
                 
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                  Deputy Lucinda Creighton,
                 
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                  Senator Terry Leyden,
                 
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                  Deputy Timmy Dooley,
                 
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                  Senator Rónán Mullen,
                 
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                  Deputy Beverley Flynn,
                 
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                  Senator Feargal Quinn.
                 
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                  Deputy Michael Mulcahy,
                 
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                  Deputy Seán Power,
                 
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                  Deputy Billy Timmins,
                 
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            DEPUTY BERNARD J. DURKAN IN THE CHAIR.