Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 15:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Jackie Cahill, Senator Paul Daly, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Tim Lombard, Deputy Martin Kenny, Senator Pádraig Mac...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    Apologies have been received from Deputy Thomas Pringle. I welcome members back and wish everybody a happy new year. Before I begin, I remind members to make sure their mobile phones are turned...
  • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 speech)
    The next item is the scrutiny of EU legislative proposals. On schedule A, COM (2017) 645 is a proposal for a Council regulation fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks...
  • Indecon Review of Irish Harness Racing Sector: Irish Harness Racing Association (33 speeches)
    I apologise to our witnesses that the committee's previous business went on a bit longer than expected. Before we begin, I remind members and witnesses to ensure that their mobile phones are...
• Committee on Budgetary Oversight (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 16:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Deputy Michael McGrath, Deputy Dara Calleary, Deputy Jonathan O'Brien, Deputy Pearse Doherty, Deputy Eamon Ryan....
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    As we have a quorum, we can commence. I have received no apologies. On 12 December 2017, the committee met Revenue officials to discuss matters relating to the local property tax revaluation...
  • Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Department of Finance (118 speeches)
    Before we begin, I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones as interference from mobile phones affects sound quality and the broadcast of the meeting. I welcome our witnesses...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 17:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Timmy Dooley, Senator Terry Leyden, Deputy James Lawless, Senator Tim Lombard. Deputy Michael Lowry, Deputy Eamon Ryan, Deputy Bríd...
  • Energy Policy: Discussion (63 speeches)
    Everybody is welcome to the meeting. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the joint committee....
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 13:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Kathleen Funchion, Senator Máire Devine, Deputy Denise Mitchell, Senator Joan Freeman, Deputy Tom Neville, Deputy Anne Rabbitte,...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    Good afternoon and welcome to today's meeting. Today we will hear from the Ombudsman for Children on the annual report for 2016. In advance of that I wish to read a clarification of the...
  • Annual Report of Ombudsman for Children 2016: Discussion (70 speeches)
    I welcome to the meeting the members of the committee and, from the Ombudsman for Children's office, the ombudsman himself, Dr. Niall Muldoon; Dr. Karen McAuley, head of participation and...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (0 speeches)
  The Select Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Peter Burke, Senator Rose Conway-Walsh, Deputy Pearse Doherty, Senator Gerry Horkan, Deputy Michael McGrath, Senator Kieran O'Donnell....
  • Tracker Mortgages: Discussion (186 speeches)
    We propose to deal with the tracker mortgage issue first so the Minister's opening statement should deal with that. Then we will deal with the reform piece and the Minister should read an...