Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 March 2015

• Public Accounts Committee (0 speeches)
  AN COISTE UM CHUNTAIS PHOIBLÍ COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Déardaoin, 5 Márta 2015. Thursday, 5 March 2015. The Committee met at 10:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Áine Collins,...
  • Business of Committee (78 speeches)
    We are in public session. Are the minutes of the meeting of 26 February 2015 agreed? Agreed. Are there any matters arising from the minutes?
  • Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (160 speeches)
    Ms Róisín Fleming(Secretary, Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation) called and examined.
  • 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts
    Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
    Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
    Vote 18 - Shared Services
    Special Report No. 87 - Effectiveness of Audit Committees in State Bodies
    Issues with Public Procurement (210 speeches)
    Mr. Robert Watt(Secretary General, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) called and examined.
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Senator Aideen Hayden, Deputy Derek Keating, Senator Terry Leyden. Deputy Joe O'Reilly, DEPUTY SEÁN KYNE IN THE CHAIR.
  • Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (26 speeches)
    We have a quorum. Apologies have been received from the Chairman, Deputy Dominic Hannigan, and Deputy Seán Crowe. I remind members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off as they...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Catherine Byrne, Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Robert Dowds, Senator John Crown, Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick, Senator Jillian van Turnhout....
  • Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (138 speeches)
    There has been significant public comment on and interest in the relatively high cost of prescription drugs, the affordability of high-tech drugs to treat rare diseases and the rate of...
• Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality (0 speeches)
  The Select Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Niall Collins, Deputy Seán Kenny, Deputy Anne Ferris, Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald (Minister for...
  • Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (329 speeches)
    This meeting has been convened to consider the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015. I welcome the Minister and her officials to the meeting. I must request that all mobile phones be...
  • 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 Children and...