Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
- Public Accounts Committee (0 speeches)
AN COISTE UM CHUNTAIS PHOIBLÍ COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Dé Céadaoin, 16 Bealtaine 2018. Wednesday, 16 May 2018. The Committee met at 17:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Peter Burke,...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight (0 speeches)
The Select Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Maria Bailey, Deputy Pearse Doherty, Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, Deputy John Lahart, Deputy Thomas P. Broughan, Deputy Michael McGrath,...
- Business of Select Committee (1 speech)
Apologies have been received from Deputies Heydon and Cowen. We will be meeting Mr. Seamus Coffey, an economist from University College Cork regarding budget 2019 and the sustainability of...
- Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (108 speeches)
Before we begin I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. Interference from mobile phones affects sound quality. I welcome Mr. Seamus Coffey from University College Cork....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment (0 speeches)
The Joint Committee met at 15:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy James Lawless, Senator Tim Lombard, Deputy Eamon Ryan, Senator Joe O'Reilly. Deputy Bríd Smith, Deputy Brian Stanley, In attendance:...
- Committee on Public Petitions (0 speeches)
The Joint Committee met at 13:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Shane Cassells, Senator Jerry Buttimer, Deputy Eugene Murphy, Senator Colette Kelleher. In attendance: Senator John Dolan. DEPUTY SEAN...
- Business of Joint Committee (3 speeches)
Apologies have been received from Deputy Martin Hayden whom I wish well. His wife has given birth. I do not know whether it was a boy or a child, as we say down my way.
- Decisions on Public Petitions Received (1 speech)
The first petition for consideration is No. P00017/18 from Mr. Mark Larkin who would like to see the voting age lowered to 17 years for the local and European elections in 2019. He believes that...
- Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (78 speeches)
At a previous meeting we considered the issue of personal assistant services for individuals with a disability. To help us consider the matter further, I am pleased to welcome from the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs (0 speeches)
The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Denise Mitchell, Senator Colm Burke,+ Deputy Tom Neville, Senator Catherine Noone. + In the absence of Senator Catherine Noone for part of...
- Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
We have a quorum and will commence in public session. I welcome Ms Maud de Boer-Buquiccio, the UN special rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, who is in the Visitors...
- Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (42 speeches)
I wish everybody a good morning. What normally does not happen here has happened this morning, in that we have a slight technical problem. If members and witnesses wish to speak, they must...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care (0 speeches)
The Joint Committee met at 13:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy John Brassil, Senator Frank Feighan. Deputy James Browne, Deputy Pat Buckley, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Deputy Seán Crowe,...
- Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
We have received apologies from Deputy Gino Kenny and Senator Colette Kelleher. Members are requested to ensure their mobile phones are turned off for the duration of the meeting. I propose...
- Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (300 speeches)
I welcome to the meeting from the Health Service Executive, HSE, Mr. Dean Sullivan, deputy director general, strategy; Ms Anne O'Connor, chief operations officer; Mr. Pat Healy, national director...
- 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, Senator Keith Swanick. Deputy Alan Kelly, Deputy Margaret Murphy...
- CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (676 speeches)
The purpose of this morning's session is to meet officials from the Department of Health and representatives from the Health Service Executive, HSE, and CervicalCheck in order to get further...
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality (0 speeches)
The Select Committee met at 16:45 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Colm Brophy, Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick, Deputy Jack Chambers, Deputy David Stanton (Minister of State at the Department of Justice and...
- Business of Select Committee (1 speech)
The committee is in public session. I ask members to switch off their mobile phones, please. I have come without mine so that is a good way of dealing with it. This meeting has been convened...
- Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (95 speeches)
I invite Deputy Shortall to make opening remarks on the Bill before we address the amendment and I will then ask the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, to comment if he so chooses.
- Message to Dáil (1 speech)
In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Justice and Equality has completed its consideration of the Parental Leave...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development (0 speeches)
The Joint Committee met at 16:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Peter Burke, Senator Paudie Coffey, Deputy Michael Collins, Senator Maura Hopkins. Deputy Martin Kenny, Deputy Éamon Ó...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport (0 speeches)
The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Imelda Munster, Senator Frank Feighan, Deputy Catherine Murphy, Senator John O'Mahony. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe, Deputy Noel Rock, Deputy...
- Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
Apologies have been received from Senator Ned O'Sullivan. I remind members to switch off their mobile telephones as they interfere with the recording equipment. I propose that we go into...
- Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (7 speeches)
Before we commence our main business I wish to deal with the correspondence. No. 2018/269 is an email from Mr. Ciaran Delaney requesting the timeline for a meeting on easier accessibility to...
- Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (289 speeches)
We now turn to the purpose of today's meeting, namely, consideration of the issue of traffic congestion in the greater Dublin area and other related matters, including persistent irregular...
