Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 April 2015

• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 10:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Catherine Byrne, Senator Gerard P. Craughwell, Deputy Ciarán Cannon, Senator Jim D'Arcy. Deputy Charlie McConalogue, In attendance:...
  • Business of Joint Committee (3 speeches)
    Apologies have been received from Deputy Jonathan O'Brien and Senators Marie-Louise O'Donnell and Mary Moran. At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members are requested...
  • Irish Language Education: Discussion (81 speeches)
    Ba mhaith liom tús a chur leis an gcruinniú inniu agus cuirim fáilte roimh chách. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Pat Breen,* Senator Sean D. Barrett. Deputy Ciarán Cannon, Senator Tom Sheahan. Deputy Pearse Doherty, Deputy Regina Doherty, Deputy...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    The committee is now in public session. We will have two separate sessions. Session A will be an update on issues pertaining to the liquidation of Setanta Insurance and session B will be to...
  • Setanta Insurance Liquidation: Discussion (253 speeches)
    Setanta Insurance Company Limited went into liquidation in April 2014. At the time of entering liquidation, the company had approximately 75,000 policyholders. Currently, just under 1,800...
  • Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (27 speeches)
    The purpose of today's meeting is to consider the following motions:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Effective Date for Certain...
  • Messages to Dáil and Seanad (1 speech)
    In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform has completed its consideration of the...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 10:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Eric Byrne, Senator Mark Daly, Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Senator Jim Walsh. Deputy Dan Neville, Deputy Brendan Smith, DEPUTY PAT BREEN IN...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    Apologies have been received from Deputies Seán Crowe, Olivia Mitchell and Maureen O'Sullivan and Senators Michael Mullins and David Norris. The minutes from the meeting of 25 March 2015...
  • Global Irish - Ireland’s Diaspora Policy: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (27 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Deenihan, and Ms Emer Rocke, director of the Irish abroad unit, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade....
  • Irish Prisoners Abroad: Motion (58 speeches)
    Senator Daly has tabled a motion on the imprisonment of Mr. Ibrahim Halawa. Before reading the motion, I ask the secretariat to distribute a letter. As I arrived here this morning the Minister...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Niall Collins, Senator Ivana Bacik, Deputy Alan Farrell, Senator Martin Conway, Deputy Anne Ferris, Senator Denis O'Donovan, Deputy...
  • Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (172 speeches)
    As we have a quorum we shall begin the meeting. I ask everybody to turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the sound system. The purpose of the meeting is to engage with the...
• 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 Michael P. Kitt, Senator Susan O'Keeffe. Deputy Michelle Mulherin, Deputy...
  • Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (91 speeches)
    The committee is in public session. The committee is sitting today in its capacity as Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions. I remind members, witnesses and those in the...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Michael Colreavy, Senator Sean D. Barrett, Deputy Dessie Ellis, Senator Paschal Mooney. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice, Deputy Seán...
  • Business of Committee (4 speeches)
    Clerk to the Committee: We are in public session. As the Chairman, Deputy John O'Mahony, is unable to attend and as the joint committee does not currently have a Vice Chairman, I am taking the...
  • Minerals Development Bill 2014: Discussion (125 speeches)
    The purpose of this morning's meeting is to engage with officials from the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources prior to the publication of the minerals development Bill...