Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 July 2016

  • Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence (0 speeches)
    The Joint Committee met at 11:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Seán Crowe, Senator Ivana Bacik, Deputy Tony McLoughlin, Senator Mark Daly, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, Senator Billy Lawless. Deputy...
    • Business of Joint Committee (6 speeches)
      Chairman: The date of the next meeting is 15 September. Neither the Dáil nor Seanad Éireann will be back in session by then, as members know, but I hope the date will enable us to...
    • UN Migration Summit: Discussion (41 speeches)
      Chairman: Today we meet with Mr. Jim Clarken, CEO of Oxfam Ireland, and Suzanne Keatinge, CEO of Dóchas, to discuss the issue of global migration, particularly in advance of the UN Summit...

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What are Committees?

Committees in the Oireachtas are where TDs and Senators discuss amendments to government legislation, scrutinise public expenditure and organisations, and take evidence from expert witnesses and civil servants.

'Joint' committees and subcommittees contain members of both the Dáil and Seanad. 'Select' committees and subcommittees contain only TDs.