Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 February 2014

  • Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection (0 speeches)
    The Joint Committee met at 13:05 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Ray Butler, Senator Jim D'Arcy, Deputy Joan Collins, Senator Marie Moloney, Deputy Jim Daly, Senator Mary Moran, Deputy Brendan Griffin,...
    • Business of Committee (1 speech)
      At the request of the broadcasting services, I ask members to ensure their mobile telephones are switched off completely - I have done it - and that they are not left in silent mode. A policy...
    • Business of Committee (1 speech)
      There are two items on the agenda for today. The first is our engagement with the chairman designate of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board and the second will be a discussion with...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (21 speeches)
      I welcome the chairman designate, Mr. David J. O'Callaghan. The Government has noted the intention of the Minister for Education and Skills to nominate a new chair to the Residential...
    • Implications for Employees of Changes to Pension Age: Discussion (89 speeches)
      We are now moving to the next item of business, which is implications for employees of changes to the pension age. This is the second item for consideration by the committee today in public...
  • Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform (0 speeches)
    The Select Committee met at 17:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Sean Fleming, Deputy Dara Murphy. Deputy Brian Hayes (Minister of State at the Department of Finance), DEPUTY CIARÁN LYNCH IN THE CHAIR.
  • Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade (0 speeches)
    The Joint Committee met at 14:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Eric Byrne, Senator Mark Daly, Deputy Seán Crowe, Senator Michael Mullins. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Deputy Olivia Mitchell, Deputy...
    • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
      Apologies have been received from Senator Jim Walsh. Are the draft minutes of the meeting of 4 February, as circulated, agreed? Agreed. We will now proceed with the main business of this...
    • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (37 speeches)
      We are dealing today with issues relating to the European Development Fund, EDF. The committee has received a number of Commission proposals in relation to the EDF including COM (2013) 445,...
  • Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality (0 speeches)
    The Select Committee met at 10:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Niall Collins, Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Deputy Alan Shatter (Minister for Justice and...
    • Business of Select Committee (1 speech)
      As we now have a quorum the committee is in public session. This meeting has been convened to resume consideration of the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011. Apologies have been received from...
    • Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (170 speeches)
      Amendments Nos. 153 to 156, inclusive, and 170 and 171 are related and will be discussed together. Deputy McGrath is not present so he cannot move amendments Nos. 153, 154 and 156. Amendments...
    • Message to Dáil (1 speech)
      In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the Legal...
  • Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions (0 speeches)
    The Joint Committee met at 16:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Deputy Charles Flanagan, Senator Susan O'Keeffe. Deputy Noel Harrington, Deputy...