Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 11:00

The Joint Committee met at 11:00

COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT:

Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Pat Buckley, Ned O'Sullivan, Joan Collins, Barry Ward.* Éamon Ó Cuív, David Stanton.

* In éagmais / In the absence of Senator Joe O'Reilly.

I láthair / In attendance: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development, Deputy Joe O'Brien, Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy Anne Rabbitte, Deputies Mick Barry, Martin Browne, Rose Conway-Walsh, Réada Cronin, Catherine Murphy, Louise O'Reilly, Darren O'Rourke, Mark Ward, Jennifer Whitmore and Violet-Anne Wynne and Senators Jerry Buttimer, Tom Clonan, Aisling Dolan, Malachai O'Hara and Fintan Warfield.

Seanadóir / Senator Eileen Flynn sa Chathaoir / in the Chair.