Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 13:15 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Derek Keating, Senator Jim D'Arcy, Deputy Charlie McConalogue, Senator Mary Moran. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Deputy...
  • Business of Joint Committee (3 speeches)
    As we have a quorum, I call the meeting to order. Apologies have been received from Senator Hildegarde Naughten. As the proceedings are being broadcast live on UPC, the broadcasting recording...
  • Review of Apprenticeship Training: Discussion (51 speeches)
    The subject of our discussion today is apprenticeship training. Last week, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, published an apprenticeship implementation plan. This...
• Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance (0 speeches)
  The Select Committee met at 18:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Pearse Doherty, Deputy John Perry (Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation), Deputy Michael McGrath,...
  • Business of Select Sub-Committee (1 speech)
    As we have a quorum, we can commence. I propose an immediate suspension of the meeting until the Report Stage proceedings on the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill in the...
  • Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (125 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, and his officials. The purpose of this meeting is to consider Committee Stage of the Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013. The Bill was referred to the...
  • 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 Finance has completed its consideration of the Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013...
• 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 Sean D. Barrett, Deputy Ciara Conway,* Senator Thomas Byrne, Deputy Pearse Doherty, Senator Paul Coghlan,...
  • Collapse of Setanta Insurance: Central Bank and Department of Finance (368 speeches)
    No. 7 on today's agenda is a review of the collapse of Setanta Insurance and matters in relation to the insurance compensation fund. We are joined by representatives of the Central Bank of...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Eric Byrne, Senator Michael Mullins, Deputy Seán Crowe, Senator Jim Walsh. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Deputy Olivia Mitchell, Deputy...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    Apologies for absence have been received from Senator David Norris. Draft minutes of the meeting of 2 July 2014 have been circulated to members. Are those minutes agreed to? Agreed. Unless...
  • Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (137 speeches)
    Ambassador Kachoueian is very welcome to the committee. I also wish to welcome the deputy chef de mission, Mr. Hamid Arefipour, who is accompanying the ambassador. I remind members, witnesses...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 16:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Noel Harrington, Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Deputy Seamus Kirk, Senator Susan O'Keeffe. Deputy Michael P. Kitt, Deputy Michelle...
  • Secrecy Provisions in Central Bank Act 1942 and Sanction Procedure: Mr. Alan Jackman (36 speeches)
    The committee will hear a presentation by Mr. Alan Jackman on petition No. P00025/13, which is on strict secrecy provisions in the Central Bank Act 1942. I remind members, the witness and those...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 09:35 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Paudie Coffey, Senator Terry Brennan, Deputy Michael Colreavy, Senator Eamonn Coghlan, Deputy Timmy Dooley, Senator Paschal Mooney, Deputy...
  • Bus Éireann: Chairman Designate (27 speeches)
    The purpose of the meeting is to engage with the chairpersons designate of Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann and CIE in order to discuss the approaches that will be taken when they are...
  • Iarnród Éireann: Chairman Designate (31 speeches)
    I would like to welcome Mr. Philip Gaffney, the chairperson designate of Iarnród Éireann. As Mr. Gaffney was sitting in the ante-room, he will have heard the previous declaration...
  • CIE: Chairman Designate (20 speeches)
    I welcome Ms Vivienne Jupp, chairman designate of CIE, and invite her to make an opening statement.