Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

• Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills (0 speeches)
  The Select Committee met at 13:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Catherine Byrne,* Deputy Jan O'Sullivan (Minister for Education and Skills), Deputy Jim Daly, Deputy Brendan Ryan. Deputy Charlie...
  • Estimates for Public Services 2014
    Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (162 speeches)
    We are discussing the Supplementary Estimates for Vote 26 - Education and Skills, for an amount of €103 million. Under Standing Order 161 the discussion must be confined to the items...
  • Message to Dáil (1 speech)
    In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills has completed its consideration of the following...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Tom Barry, Senator Thomas Byrne, Deputy Michael Creed, Senator John Whelan.* Deputy Alan Farrell, Deputy Sean Fleming, Deputy Ciarán...
  • Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (192 speeches, 1 comment)
    The committee is in public session. I welcome Ms Clare McGrath, Chairman of the Office of Public Works, accompanied by Mr. Tony Smyth, director of engineering services, Mr. Mick Long,...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Eric Byrne, Senator Michael Mullins, Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.* Deputy Olivia Mitchell, Deputy Dan...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    We have received apologies from Senator David Norris, who is unable to be with us this afternoon. Draft minutes of last week’s meeting of 3 December have been circulated to all members....
  • Palestine and Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (115 speeches)
    We are meeting in public session with representatives of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, EAPPI. In the past, the committee has met the representatives and we have...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 10:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Niall Collins, Senator Ivana Bacik, Deputy Alan Farrell, Senator Denis O'Donovan, Deputy Seán Kenny, Senator Katherine Zappone....
  • Effects of Gangland Crime on the Community: Discussion (31 speeches)
    As we have a quorum, we shall commence the meeting in public session. Apologies have been received from Deputy Ann Ferris and Senator Mulcahy. As this meeting is being broadcast live, I would...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Michael Colreavy, Senator Terry Brennan. Deputy Timmy Dooley, Deputy Seán Kenny, Deputy Michael McCarthy, Deputy Helen McEntee,...
  • Business of Joint Committee (3 speeches)
    Clerk to the Committee: The Chairman, Deputy John O'Mahony, is unable to attend and, as the joint committee does not currently have a Vice Chairman, I am taking the Chair. As we have a quorum...
  • National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (44 speeches)
    The purpose of this morning's meeting is to engage with representatives from Nightline in regard to the new postcode system, Eircode.On behalf of the committee, I welcome Mr. John Tuohy, chief...