Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 December 2014

  • Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine (0 speeches)
    The Joint Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Martin Ferris, Senator Denis Landy, Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice,+ Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill. Deputy Martin Heydon, Deputy Michael...
    • Business of Joint Committee (2 speeches)
      Clerk to the Committee: Owing to the absence of a quorum, the meeting is adjourned and the joint committee will meet again at 2.30 p.m. The names of the members who attended will be recorded in...
    • State Aid to Fishery and Aquaculture Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 speeches)
      I welcome Mr. Paschal Hayes, principal officer, and Mr. Damien Clarke, assistant principal officer from the marine agencies and programmes division at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
    • Hen Harrier Special Protection Areas (39 speeches)
      We shall resume in public session. I remind witnesses to turn off their mobile phones and at the outset I notify the members that Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice is substituting for Deputy Thomas...
  • Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (0 speeches)
    The Joint Committee met at 13:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Dara Calleary, Senator John Kelly, Deputy Michael Conaghan, Senator Michael Mullins, Deputy Seán Kyne, Senator Feargal Quinn. Deputy...
    • Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (79 speeches)
      We are in public session. I welcome the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, Mr. John Murphy, Secretary General at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and...
    • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 speeches)
      There is one Schedule A proposal, 12 Schedule B proposals and four early warning notes for decision. On Schedule A, COM (2014) 452 is a proposal for a Council directive implementing the...
  • Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht (0 speeches)
    The Joint Committee met at 14:15 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy James Bannon, Senator Terry Brennan, Deputy Ruth Coppinger, Senator Cáit Keane, Deputy Robert Dowds, Senator Denis Landy, Deputy...
  • Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs (0 speeches)
    The Joint Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Eric Byrne, Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Seán Crowe, Senator Terry Leyden, Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Senator Kathryn Reilly. Deputy...
    • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
      Apologies have been received from Deputy Dooley. Following this session we will be meeting representatives from Dóchas. I am hoping that we will not have a question-and-answer session with...
    • Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors 2013 and Related Matters: Discussion (64 speeches)
      I apologise to our guests for the delay. A number of Senators were obliged to attend in the Upper House for a vote. I will begin by reminding members, our guests and those in the Gallery to...
    • European Year for Development: Dóchas (34 speeches)
      On behalf of the joint committee, I welcome Mr. Hans Zomer and Ms Sharan Kelly from Dóchas and Ms Olive Towey from Concern. As I assume they heard our notice on privilege as it was being...
  • Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children (0 speeches)
    The Joint Committee met at 17:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Catherine Byrne, Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Ciara Conway, Senator Jillian van Turnhout. Deputy Clare Daly, Deputy Regina Doherty, Deputy...
    • HIQA Review of National Ambulance Service: Health Service Executive (134 speeches)
      I welcome from the Health Service Executive Ms Laverne McGuinness, deputy director general; Ms Paula Lawler, deputy national director of human resources; and Mr. Ray Mitchell, assistant national...
    • Áras Attracta: HSE (95 speeches)
      The second half of the meeting is on the response from the HSE to the issues raised by the RTE investigations unit broadcast on the Mayo care centre. I apologise to Mr. Healy, Mr. O'Brien, Ms...