Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 November 2013

• Public Accounts Committee (0 speeches)
  AN COISTE UM CHUNTAIS PHOIBLÍ COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Déardaoin, 7 Samhain 2013. Thursday, 7 November 2013. The Committee met at 10:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy John Deasy, Deputy...
  • Business of Committee (58 speeches)
    Are the minutes of the meeting of 24 October 2013 agreed to? Agreed. We have received correspondence since our meeting on Thursday, 24 October. No. 3A.1 is correspondence, dated 24 October...
  • Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (452 speeches)
    Mr. Adrian Neilan (Chief Executive Officer, Bord na gCon) called and examined.
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 09:45 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy James Bannon, Senator Cáit Keane, Deputy Paudie Coffey, Senator Denis Landy, Deputy Noel Coonan, Senator Labhrás Ó...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    I advise members that the usual restrictions apply to the use of mobile phones. They interfere with the broadcasting facilities and RTE may not be able to cover the proceedings as a result. ...
  • Reform of Local Government: Discussion
    Association of County and City Councils (23 speeches)
    We are here to discuss the reform of local government. I welcome Councillor Peter McVitty, president, Councillor Michael O’Brien, vice president, Councillor Hilary Quinlan, immediate past...
  • Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland (21 speeches)
    We will resume our discussion of the reform of local government. I welcome from the Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland Mr. Tom Ryan, director; Councillor Willie Callaghan;...
  • County and City Managers Association (35 speeches)
    I welcome Mr. Daniel McLoughlin, chairman, County and City Managers Association, and south Dublin county manager; Ms Jackie Maguire, Meath county manager; Mr. Conn Murray, Limerick city and...
  • Local Authority Members Association (22 speeches)
    I welcome the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA, to this meeting and invite it to make its presentation. Following the presentation, we will have questions from members. I am...
  • Environmental Pillar (17 speeches)
    Cuirim fáilte roimh Mr. David Healy, Mr. Michael Ewing, Mr. Cillian Lohan and Ms Emer Ó Siochrú on behalf of the environmental pillar. I invite Mr. Healy to make his opening...
  • Ibec (41 speeches)
    Leanfaimid ar aghaidh leis an bplé a bhí á dhéanamh againn ar athchóiriú an rialtais áitiúil. I welcome from IBEC Mr. Reg McCabe, director of transport,...
  • Chambers Ireland (13 speeches)
    I welcome Mr. Ian Talbot, CEO, and Mr. Seán Murphy, deputy CEO, from Chambers Ireland. I call on Mr. Talbot to make his presentation.
  • Dublin Chamber of Commerce (10 speeches)
    Tá an cruinniú ar siúl arís. We are back in public session. On behalf of the committee, I welcome, from the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, Ms Gina Quin, the chief executive,...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 15:05 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Thomas Byrne, Deputy Michael Creed, Senator Paul Coghlan, Deputy Regina Doherty, Senator Aideen Hayden....
  • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 speech)
    No. 8 on the agenda is the recording of decisions taken at the Sub-Committee on European Scrutiny - Finance and Expenditure on Thursday, 7 November. This is purely technical as the joint...
  • Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (454 speeches)
    I understand this meeting is being broadcast on two cable networks. I ask members to switch off their mobile phones because they cause much interference and I will have members of the public...
  • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (208 speeches)
    We will now deal with No. 10 on today's agenda, scrutiny of COM (2013) 520. This is a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council establishing uniform rules and a...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Regina Doherty, Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick, Senator John Crown, Deputy Billy Kelleher, Senator John Gilroy, Deputy...
  • End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (85 speeches)
    I thank everybody for being here. I remind those in the Gallery, as well as the witnesses and members of the committee, that mobile phones should be off or in aeroplane mode as they interfere...