Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 December 2012

• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:15 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Martin Ferris, Senator Michael Comiskey, Deputy Martin Heydon, Senator Pat O'Neill. Deputy Michael McNamara, Deputy Éamon Ó...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    Apologies have been received from Deputy Pat Deering and Senator Susan O'Keeffe. Before we begin, I remind members to turn off their mobile phones. I propose we go into private session to deal...
  • Objectives and Activities in Promoting a Healthy Ireland: Discussion with Nutrition and Health Foundation (21 speeches)
    I welcome Dr. Muireann Cullen, manager of the Nutrition and Health Foundation, and thank her for coming before the committee to present on the foundation's objectives and activities in promoting...
  • Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (34 speeches)
    I welcome Ms Anja Murray, Mr. Alex Copland, Mr. Andrew St. Ledger and Mr. Cillian Lohan from The Environmental Pillar, who asked to appear before the committee to make a presentation on the...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 13:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Áine Collins, Senator Deirdre Clune, Deputy Michael Conaghan, Senator Feargal Quinn, Deputy Seán Kyne, Senator Mary M. White....
  • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (64 speeches)
    We continue our scrutiny of COM (2011) 778, a proposal for a directive on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts and COM (2011) 779, a proposal for a regulation on...
  • Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Discussion with Chairman Designate (15 speeches)
    The purpose of this meeting is to discuss with the chairman designate of IAASA, Mr. Brendan Walsh, the approach he will take in his new role and his views on the challenges facing the authority....
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Deirdre Clune,* Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, Senator Cáit Keane. Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Deputy...
  • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (51 speeches)
    The purpose of this meeting is to scrutinise COM (2012) 628, which is a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and the Council amending Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:10 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Senator Terry Leyden. Deputy Seán Crowe, Deputy Seán Kyne, In attendance: Deputy Robert Dowds and Deputy...
  • Exchange of Views with Mr. Egemen Bagis, Turkish Minister for Europe and Principal Turkish Negotiator for EU Membership. (25 speeches)
    I extend a warm welcome to our colleagues from Turkey. We are delighted to have them visit the joint committee. They met with the Minister of State for European Affairs earlier and will meet...