Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:10 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Pat Deering, Senator Michael Comiskey, Deputy Martin Ferris, Senator Susan O'Keeffe, Deputy Martin Heydon, Senator Pat O'Neill. Deputy...
  • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 speech)
    COM (2013) 893 is a proposal for a Council directive on the placing on the market of food from animal clones. It is proposed that this proposal does not warrant further scrutiny. Is that...
  • Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (62 speeches)
    We are resuming the hearings on the topic of land use and maximising land potential. I welcome from the Environmental Protection Agency, Mr. Phillip O'Brien, Dr. Jonathan Derham and Dr. Eimear...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 13:45 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Michael Conaghan, Senator Feargal Quinn. Deputy Kevin Humphreys,* Deputy Anthony Lawlor, Deputy John Lyons, * In the absence of Deputy...
  • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 speech)
    We are now in public session to consider the scrutiny of four EU legislative proposals. Proposal COM (2014)1 relates to trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment or...
  • Investment Commitments to SME Sector: National Treasury Management Agency (36 speeches)
    In our discussion on investment commitments to the SME sector, Mr. Eugene O'Callaghan, director of the National Pensions Reserve Fund, NPRF, will discuss how SMEs can access other money as...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:10 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Cáit Keane, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, Senator Denis Landy, Deputy Catherine Murphy, Senator...
  • Towards a Zero Waste Approach to Water: Dublin Institute of Technology (67 speeches)
    We are in public session. I welcome the witnesses here today. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:05 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Senator Susan O'Keeffe.* Deputy Pearse Doherty, Deputy Regina Doherty, Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Deputy Anne...
  • Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Ulster Bank (549 speeches)
    We will proceed with No. 7 on today's schedule, matters relating to mortgage arrears and the resolution process. Before commencing business, I remind members, witnesses and those in the Public...