Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Pat Deering, Senator Paschal Mooney, Deputy Martin Ferris, Senator Mary Ann O'Brien, Deputy Martin Heydon, Senator Susan O'Keeffe, Deputy...
  • General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (73 speeches)
    I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile telephones. We are meeting to discuss the general scheme of the Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill with representatives from the Irish...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 13:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Dara Calleary, Senator Feargal Quinn, Deputy Áine Collins, Senator Mary M. White. Deputy Michael Conaghan, Deputy Seán Kyne,...
  • Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (101 speeches)
    I welcome the delegates from Enterprise Ireland: Ms Julie Sinnamon, chief executive, Mr. Niall O'Donnellan, divisional manager, and Mr. Tom Hayes, divisional manager. They are present to discuss...
  • Personal Injuries Assessment Board: Chairman Designate (13 speeches)
    I welcome Mr. Dermot Divilly, chairperson designate of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, to our meeting. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Colm Burke,* Deputy Pearse Doherty, Senator Thomas Byrne, Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Senator Susan...
  • Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (242 speeches)
    We will now proceed to No. 4 on the agenda, session 1 of pre-budget submissions, a round-table discussion on the economy and taxation. I welcome Dr. Nat O’Connor, director, Think-tank for...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 11:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Paudie Coffey, Senator Sean D. Barrett, Deputy Michael Colreavy, Senator Terry Brennan, Deputy Timmy Dooley, Senator Eamonn Coghlan,...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    I remind members to turn off their mobile phones during the meeting. I also remind members that this meeting will reconvene at 5 p.m. when we will meet representatives of the Independent...
  • Concert Licensing: Dublin City Council (137 speeches)
    The purpose of this meeting is to engage with Mr. Owen Keegan, chief executive officer of Dublin City Council, and with Mr. Jim Keogan, executive manager of the council's planning department, in...
  • 25 Years of Independent Broadcasting: Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (50 speeches)
    We will resume in public session. On behalf of the committee, I sincerely welcome Mr. John Purcell, Mr. Scott Williams, Ms Lisa Ní Choisdealbha and Mr. Tim Collins from Independent...