Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
- Committee on Public Petitions (0 speeches)
The Joint Committee met at 13:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Shane Cassells, Senator Jerry Buttimer, Deputy Martin Heydon, Senator Diarmuid Wilson. Deputy Denise Mitchell, In attendance: Senator...
- Business of Joint Committee (2 speeches)
As we have a quorum, we will begin our meeting in public session. Apologies have been received from Deputies Eugene Murphy and Dara Murphy and from Senators Colette Kelleher and Denis Landy....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs (0 speeches)
The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Lisa Chambers, Senator Máire Devine, Deputy Kathleen Funchion, Senator Joan Freeman. Deputy Denise Mitchell, Deputy Tom Neville,...
- Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
As we have quorum I would like to call the meeting to order. I propose that we go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters before calling in our witnesses. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- HIQA Inspection of the Oberstown Children's Detention Campus: Discussion (104 speeches)
This morning we will hear from representatives from the Oberstown children's detention campus with regard to the HIQA inspection report of August 2017. I welcome the director of the facility,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (0 speeches)
The Joint Committee met at 13:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy James Browne, Senator Jerry Buttimer, Deputy Lisa Chambers, Senator Paul Gavan, Deputy Clare Daly, Senator Rónán Mullen, Deputy...
- Business of Joint Committee (118 speeches)
I would like to welcome Deputy Bríd Smith as a new member of the committee. She replaces her party colleague Deputy Ruth Coppinger. I would like to acknowledge Deputy Coppinger's work on...
- International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (176 speeches)
I welcome members and viewers, who may be tuning into our proceedings on Oireachtas television, to the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. We will be holding three...
- Medical Law Review: Dr. Ruth Fletcher, Queen Mary University London (74 speeches)
I again welcome viewers to the committee proceedings. On behalf of the committee, I extend a warm welcome to Dr. Ruth Fletcher, senior lecturer in medical law, Queen Mary University in London....
- Risks to Mental Health: Dr. Anthony McCarthy, National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street (185 speeches)
We will resume in public session. I welcome back members and viewers who are tuned in on Oireachtas television. I welcome Professor Anthony McCarthy, consultant perinatal psychiatrist, National...
- Business of Joint Committee (47 speeches)
We must now attend to a housekeeping matter. I return to an issue which was raised with me earlier. Letters may be read into the record in limited circumstances only, as, for example, in the...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (0 speeches)
The Select Committee met at 10:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Richard Boyd-Barrett,+ Deputy Paschal Donohoe (Minister for Finance), Deputy Peter Burke, Deputy Michael McGrath, Deputy Joan Burton,...
- Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (596 speeches)
We will now proceed in public session to consider the Finance Bill 2017. Deputy Neville is substituting for Deputy Deasy. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and his officials. With regard...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health (0 speeches)
The Joint Committee met at 09:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Billy Kelleher, Senator Keith Swanick. Deputy Alan Kelly, Deputy Kate O'Connell, Deputy...
- Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
As we have quorum I wish to call the meeting to order. I propose that we go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (193 speeches)
The purpose of this morning's meeting is to engage with the HSE and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE, regarding the processes involved in evaluating orphan drugs. On behalf of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality (0 speeches)
The Joint Committee met at 09:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Jack Chambers, Senator Martin Conway, Deputy Clare Daly, Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, Deputy Mick Wallace, In...
