Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

• Public Accounts Committee (0 speeches)
  AN COISTE UM CHUNTAIS PHOIBLÍ COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Dé Máirt, 23 Deireadh Fómhair 2012. Tuesday, 23 October 2012. The Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy...
  • Business of Committee (1 speech)
    The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the review of political allowances with officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, and...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (545 speeches)
    Mr. Robert Watt (Secretary General, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) and Mr. Kieran Coughlan (Secretary General, Houses of the Oireachtas Service), called and examined.
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Tom Barry, Senator Michael Comiskey, Deputy Pat Deering, Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill, Deputy Colm Keaveney, Senator Susan O'Keeffe,...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    Apologies have been received from Deputy Martin Heydon. I have received notice from Deputy Ó Cuív, who is currently in the Dáil, that he will attend the meeting later. Before we...
  • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 speech)
    A number of the EU proposals before us today for consideration have been grouped. The first is COM (2012) 343, a proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and the Council amending...
  • Farm Management IT Systems: Discussion (49 speeches)
    I welcome from Teagasc Dr. Tom Kelly, head of knowledge transfer, and Dr. Pat Dillon, head of the animal and grassland research programme; and from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, Mr....
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 13:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Dara Calleary, Senator Deirdre Clune, Deputy Áine Collins, Senator David Cullinane, Deputy Michael Conaghan, Senator Michael Mullins,...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    Apologies have been received from Deputy Seán Kyne and Senator Feargal Quinn.
  • Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (123 speeches)
    We are to have a presentation on the future proposals for Enterprise Ireland's micro-enterprise and small business unit, with specific reference to how Enterprise Ireland will liaise with local...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:10 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy James Bannon, Senator Denis Landy, Deputy Paudie Coffey, Senator Fiach Mac Conghail, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Ned...
  • Interim Report on National Climate Change Policy: Discussion with NESC (53 speeches)
    The topic for discussion is Towards a New National Climate Change Policy: interim report of the National Economic and Social Council, NESC, with representatives of NESC. Is that agreed? Agreed....
  • Comprehensive Action Programme for the Reform of Local Government: Discussion (56 speeches)
    We will now discuss the comprehensive action programme for the reform of local government, Putting People First, with representatives from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local...