Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

• Committee on Budgetary Oversight (0 speeches)
  The Select Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Maria Bailey, Deputy Martin Heydon, Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Deputy John Lahart, Deputy Declan Breathnach, Deputy Michael McGrath,...
  • Business of Select Committee (1 speech)
    No apologies have been received. As part of our focus on the reform of the budgetary process, today the select committee will meet officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and...
  • Public Service Performance Report 2017: Discussion (55 speeches)
    I remind members and witnesses to switch off their mobile phones as they cause interference with the broadcasting equipment. I welcome Mr. John Kinnane, principal officer, and his colleagues,...
• Committee on Public Petitions (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 13:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Shane Cassells, Senator Jerry Buttimer, Deputy Denise Mitchell, Senator Colette Kelleher. Deputy Eugene Murphy, Deputy Brendan Ryan,...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    Apologies have been received from Deputy Dara Murphy and Senator Diarmuid Wilson. The usual provisos apply to the use of mobile phones. In accordance with the standard procedures agreed to by...
  • Decisions on Public Petitions Received (1 speech)
    The first petition for consideration is Petition No. P00039/17. The petitioner believes the closure of the Dáil bar would be in the public interest as Leinster House is a place of work and...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Kathleen Funchion, Senator Frank Feighan,* Deputy Denise Mitchell, Senator Catherine Noone, Deputy Tom Neville, Senator Fintan Warfield....
  • Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (128 speeches)
    We are joined by Dr. Cathal McCrory, senior research fellow, Trinity College Dublin, who will make a presentation on the topic of childhood obesity, and by Mr. Mike Neary, director of meat and...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 13:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Pat Buckley, Senator Frank Feighan, Deputy Seán Crowe, Senator Colette Kelleher. Deputy Gino Kenny, Deputy Catherine Martin, Deputy...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    Vice Chairman: Apologies have been received from Deputies Michael Harty and Anne Rabbitte. I remind members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off as they cause interference with the...
  • Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (47 speeches)
    We are now in public session. I welcome Mr. Martin Rogan, CEO and Ms Aisling Doherty, mental health promotion officer from Mental Health Ireland. From SpunOut.ie, I welcome Mr. Ian Power,...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 09:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly, Senator Colm Burke. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan, Deputy Alan Kelly, Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony, Deputy Kate...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    As we have a quorum, I call the meeting to order. I propose to deal with housekeeping matters in private session. Is that agreed? Agreed.
  • Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (232 speeches, 1 comment)
    There is nothing to be inferred from the seating arrangements. Those who are at the bottom and those who are at the top have represent a purely random selection. We are meeting this morning with...
  • Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Draft Regulations (34 speeches)
    In this second session, we are meeting with officials from the Department of Health to discuss the order passed by the Dáil on 24 April and by the Seanad on 25 April 2018 on the proposal...
  • Messages to Dáil and Seanad (1 speech)
    In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Joint Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the following Order:That Dáil...
  • National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (816 speeches)
    I remind witnesses and members to turn off their mobile phones or put them on airplane mode, as they can affect the recording of the meeting. We are meeting officials from the Department of...
• Select Committee on Justice and Equality (0 speeches)
  The Select Committee met at 09:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Maria Bailey,+ Deputy Tom Neville,+ Deputy Colm Brophy, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, Deputy Clare Daly, Deputy Eamon Scanlon,+ Deputy Charles...
  • Business of Select Committee (15 speeches)
    As we are in public session, I appeal to all members and guests to ensure their mobile phones are switched off as they cause interference with the recording equipment. Apologies have been...
  • Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (213 speeches)
    Section 1 agreed to.
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe, Senator Frank Feighan. Deputy Robert Troy, In attendance: Deputies Peader Tóibín and Sean Sherlock. DEPUTY...
  • Business of Joint Committee (2 speeches)
    Apologies have been received from Deputy Imelda Munster. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.
  • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 speech)
    We now turn to the scrutiny of EU legislative proposals which the joint committee discussed earlier in private session. On the proposals included in Schedule A, it is proposed that there are...
  • Tourism - An Industry Strategy for Growth to 2025: Discussion (46 speeches)
    The main business of the meeting is the consideration of the issue of Tourism: An Industry Strategy for Growth to 2025. I welcome Mr. Eoghan O'Mara Walsh, chief executive officer, and Mr....