Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 May 2016

• Committee on Housing and Homelessness (0 speeches)
  The Select Committee met at 10:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Colm Brophy, Deputy Eoin Ó Broin, Deputy Mary Butler, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd, Deputy Ruth Coppinger, Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, Deputy...
  • Business of Committee (1 speech)
    Good morning. We are now in public session. At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members are requested to ensure that for the duration of the meeting, their mobile...
  • Social Justice Ireland (47 speeches)
    Before we proceed, I ask colleagues and witnesses to either turn off their mobile phones or switch them to flight mode. I draw witnesses' attention to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l)...
  • Peter McVerry Trust (75 speeches)
    I welcome the witnesses. I remind witnesses and colleagues to turn off their mobile telephones or put them into flight mode. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of...
  • Focus Ireland (32 speeches)
    I draw the attention of members and witnesses to housekeeping notices. I ask members and witnesses to switch their mobile phones off or to flight mode as they cause interference not only during,...
  • Simon Communities of Ireland (36 speeches)
    I draw attention to the fact that, by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2008, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However,...
  • Novas Initiatives (27 speeches)
    I draw the witnesses' attention to the fact that, by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee....