Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 13:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Ray Butler, Senator Jim D'Arcy, Deputy Jim Daly, Senator Fidelma Healy Eames. Deputy Brendan Griffin, Deputy Derek Keating, Deputy Charlie...
  • Multilingualism in an EU Context: Discussion with Department of Education and Skills (38 speeches)
    I welcome the officials from the Department of Education and Skills to discuss multilingualism in an EU context with the joint committee. We note this issue is one of the topics for debate under...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 10:40 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy James Bannon, Senator Lorraine Higgins,+ Deputy Paudie Coffey, Senator Cáit Keane, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator David...
  • Climate Change: Discussion (30 speeches)
    We have a quorum and we are in public session. I advise members that they must turn off their mobile telephones when attending committee meetings. Active mobile telephones interfere with the...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Thomas Byrne, Deputy Michael Creed, Senator Paul Coghlan, Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Senator Aideen Hayden....
  • Bank Charges: Discussion with Central Bank and ISME (349 speeches)
    We will now resume in public session. I ask that all mobile phones be switched off or switched to flight mode as they interfere with the broadcasting system. Item No. 7 of today's business is...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 15:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Eric Byrne, Senator Deirdre Clune, Deputy Seán Crowe, Senator Mark Daly, Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Senator Michael Mullins, Deputy...
  • Position of LGBTI People in Uganda: Discussion (38 speeches)
    I remind members, witnesses and those in the public gallery to ensure their mobile telephones are switched off completely for the duration of the meeting as they cause interference, even in...
  • The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (38 speeches)
    The following motion was moved by Senator Jim Walsh on 6 March 2013: That the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade –- noting that the Russian lawyer, Mr. Sergei Magnitsky, died on...
  • EU Foreign Affairs Councils: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (34 speeches)
    I welcome the Tánaiste and his officials to our meeting. The Tánaiste will brief the committee on the main elements of the discussions and decision of the meeting of the Foreign...
• Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade (0 speeches)
  The Select Committee met at 19:10 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Eric Byrne, Deputy Olivia Mitchell, Deputy Seán Crowe, Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, Deputy Eamon Gilmore (Minister for Foreign Affairs...
  • Trade Agreements: Motion (11 speeches)
    As we have a quorum we will commence in public session. Before proceeding with business I remind members and those in the Gallery that mobile phones should be switched off completely for the...
  • Message to Dáil (1 speech)
    The following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade has completed its consideration of the terms of the agreement between the European Community...
• 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 Anne Ferris, Senator Martin Conway, Deputy Seán Kenny, Senator Denis...
  • Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (78 speeches)
    I welcome Ms Brigid Quilligan, director of the Irish Traveller Movement, and thank her for coming before the joint committee. I also welcome from the Irish Traveller Movement Ms Susan Fay,...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 16:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Deputy Peter Mathews, Senator Susan O'Keeffe. Deputy Michelle Mulherin, Deputy...
  • Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 speeches)
    We are in public session. The committee has deliberated petition No. P00035/12, from Ms Helen Corcoran, re microwave sickness or electro-sensitivity arising from mobile telephone masts. Do we...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 11:05 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Michael Colreavy, Senator Paschal Mooney. Deputy Timmy Dooley, Deputy Dessie Ellis, Deputy Terence Flanagan, Deputy Tom Fleming, Deputy...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    We have a quorum. As there is a vote in the Dáil, we will suspend the meeting.
  • Sponsorship of Major Sporting Events by Drinks Industry: Discussion with Alcohol Action Ireland and College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (56 speeches)
    The purpose of this morning’s engagement is to hear the views of two bodies, Alcohol Action Ireland and the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, on the sponsorship of sports and cultural...