Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 November 2012

• Public Accounts Committee (0 speeches)
  AN COISTE UM CHUNTAIS PHOIBLÍ COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Déardaoin, 8 Samhain 2012. Thursday, 8 November 2012. The Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy John Deasy, Deputy...
  • Business of Committee (17 speeches)
    The first item is the minutes of the meetings of 25 and 31 October and 1 November. Are they agreed to? Agreed. As there are no matters arising therefrom, we will move to correspondence...
  • Health Service Executive - Review of Allowances (475 speeches)
    Mr. Tony O'Brien (Director General Designate, HSE) called and examined.
• Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine (0 speeches)
  The Select Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Simon Coveney (Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine), Deputy Michael McNamara, Deputy Pat Deering, Deputy Éamon Ó...
  • Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (134 speeches)
    The meeting is now in session as we have a quorum. I ask Members to switch off their mobile telephones. The purpose of today's meeting is to consider the Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012....
  • Business of Select Committee (8 speeches)
    Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, 22 November at 11.30 a.m. Members will be notified in the usual way. I remind members of this committee that a briefing by Mr. Tom Malone on the...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 13:05 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy James Bannon, Senator Cáit Keane, Deputy Paudie Coffey, Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú, Deputy Noel Coonan, Senator Ned...
  • Preservation of Historic Buildings: Discussion (95 speeches)
    I welcome Professor Loughlin Kealy, professor emeritus of architecture from University College Dublin. Professor Kealy has kindly agreed to address the committee on the general principles for...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Jillian van Turnhout.* Deputy Michael Colreavy,+ Deputy Michael Creed, Deputy Pearse Doherty, Deputy Stephen...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    No. 1 on our agenda is the minutes of our previous meeting. Given that the joint committee has such a heavy workload this week, consideration of the minutes of yesterday's meeting will be...
  • Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Discussion with Minister for Finance (97 speeches)
    No. 7 on our agenda is the pre-ECOFIN Council briefing by the Minister for Finance. I welcome the Minister and advise members that briefing documents have been circulated by e-mail in advance of...
  • Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives and Focus Groups (357 speeches)
    This meeting is an opportunity for the witnesses, Mr. Peter O'Brien, Mr. Donall O'Keeffe and Ms Evelyn Jones, to add some words to their submissions to the committee. I will not go into their...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Catherine Byrne, Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Regina Doherty, Senator John Crown, Deputy Robert Dowds, Senator Jillian van Turnhout. Deputy...
  • Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Community and Voluntary Groups (89 speeches)
    I apologise to the witnesses for the delay in beginning the meeting. There were a number of items of private business to attend to. I welcome everybody to the meeting which is focused on the...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:45 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Michael Colreavy, Senator Terry Brennan, Deputy Timmy Dooley, Senator Paschal Mooney. Deputy Terence Flanagan, Deputy Tom Fleming, Deputy...
  • Transport Policy: Discussion with EU Commissioner for Transport (19 speeches)
    The meeting is now in public session. No apologies have been received. This is a special meeting with the Vice President of the European Commission. It is a great honour for this committee to...