Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

• Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis (0 speeches)
  AN COMHCHOISTE FIOSRÚCHÁIN I DTAOBH NA GÉARCHÉIME BAINCÉIREACHTA COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO THE BANKING CRISIS Dé Céadaoin, 25 Feabhra 2015. Wednesday, 25...
  • Context Phase (425 speeches)
    Professor Gregory Connor
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 13:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Ray Butler, Senator Gerard P. Craughwell, Deputy Catherine Byrne, Senator Marie Moloney, Deputy Joan Collins, Senator Mary Moran, Deputy...
  • Business of Joint Committee (15 speeches)
    We have a quorum. Apologies have been received from Deputy Charlie McConalogue. I shall now discuss arrangements for this meeting. To facilitate the attendance of our witness today, I...
  • Higher and Further Education Grants: Discussion (78 speeches)
    We are here to discuss higher and further education grants, in particular the operation and effects of the current approach to income assessment. The joint committee last considered the higher...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Tom Barry, Senator Paul Coghlan. Deputy Pearse Doherty, Deputy Regina Doherty, Deputy Timmy Dooley, Deputy Sean Fleming, Deputy Michael...
  • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 speech)
    I note the decisions taken at the Joint sub-Committee on European Scrutiny earlier today. For the information of members, the sub-committee decided that the following proposals did not warrant...
  • Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (199 speeches)
    I welcome from the Office of the Appeal Commissioners Mr. John O'Callaghan, tax appeal commissioner. The format of the meeting will be that Mr. O'Callaghan will make some opening remarks, which...
• 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 (12 speeches)
    We will now commence the meeting.
  • Role and Interaction of GAA with the Diaspora: GAA (37 speeches)
    I welcome the witnesses. We are joined by Liam O'Neill, president of the GAA and Páraic Duffy, director general of the GAA. We have asked Mr. O'Neill to discuss the GAA's role and...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Niall Collins, Senator Martin Conway, Deputy Seán Kenny, Senator Katherine Zappone. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Deputy...
  • Undocumented Migrants Living in Ireland: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (81 speeches)
    I ask everybody to turn off all mobile telephones or put them on silent or airplane mode, depending on the device in question, as they interfere with the transmission and recording systems....
• 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 Noel Harrington, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, Deputy Seamus Kirk, Deputy...
  • Person or Number?2: Crosscare (61 speeches)
    We are here to deal with the Crosscare report, Person or Number?2, a second examination of issues faced by immigrants in accessing social protection. I remind all of those present, including...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Michael Colreavy, Senator Terry Brennan, Deputy Timmy Dooley, Senator Eamonn Coghlan, Deputy Dessie Ellis, Senator Paschal Mooney. Deputy...
  • Energy Prices: Discussion (144 speeches)
    The purpose of the meeting is to engage with Bord Gáis Energy, Energia, Electric Ireland and SSE Airtricity on the cost of electricity and gas to consumers in order to establish why prices...