Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

  • Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government (0 speeches)
    The Select Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Noel Coonan, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd (Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources), Deputy Barry...
    • Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (187 speeches)
      As we have a quorum of three members we will commence the meeting. Is that agreed? Agreed. I remind members to turn off their mobile telephones. This meeting will be conducted in public. ...
    • 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 Environment, Community and Local Government has completed its consideration...
  • Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade (0 speeches)
    The Joint Committee met at 14:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Eric Byrne, Senator Deirdre Clune, Deputy Seán Crowe, Senator Mark Daly, Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Senator Michael Mullins, Deputy...
    • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
      I have received apologies from Deputy Olivia Mitchell. The minutes of the last meeting on 20 February have been circulated to members. Are they agreed? Agreed.
    • Discussion with Amnesty International Ireland (74 speeches)
      I remind members of the committee and people in the Visitors' Gallery to turn off their mobile telephones for the duration of the meeting as they cause interference, even in silent mode, with the...
    • The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Discussion (44 speeches)
      I welcome Mr. William Browder, who is present regarding the case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky. As members know, Mr. Magnitsky died in police custody in Moscow in November, 2009. This was alarming...
  • Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality (0 speeches)
    The Joint Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Ivana Bacik, Deputy Alan Farrell, Senator Martin Conway, Deputy Anne Ferris, Senator Denis O'Donovan,...
    • Penal Reform: Discussion with User Voice (35 speeches)
      I welcome Mr. Mark Johnson and thank him for his attendance at the meeting. The format is that we will ask him to make brief opening remarks of five or six minutes duration and then we will have...
  • Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions (0 speeches)
    The Joint Committee met at 16:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Charles Flanagan, Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, Senator Susan O'Keeffe. Deputy Peter Mathews, Deputy Derek...
    • Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 speeches)
      We are now in public session for a meeting of the Joint Sub-Committee on Public Petitions. Petition No. P00073/12 from Mr. Arindam Halder is regarding what the petitioner sees as an unjust hike...
  • Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications (0 speeches)
    The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Michael Colreavy, Senator Sean D. Barrett, Deputy Timmy Dooley, Senator Terry Brennan, Deputy Terence Flanagan, Senator Eamonn Coghlan,...