Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 September 2018

• Public Accounts Committee (0 speeches)
  AN COISTE UM CHUNTAIS PHOIBLÍ COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Dé Máirt, 25 Mean Fómhair 2018. Tuesday, 25 September 2018. The Committee met at 10:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Bobby...
  • 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
    Vote 1 - President's Establishment (664 speeches)
    We have a quorum and are now in public session. We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness to the committee. He is joined by Ms...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 15:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Jackie Cahill, Senator Paul Daly, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. Deputy Martin Kenny, Deputy...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    Apologies have been received from Deputy Thomas Pringle and Senator Michelle Mulherin. I remind members to ensure that mobile phones are turned off. I propose that we go into private session to...
  • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 speech)
    We are now in public session. The next item on the agenda is the scrutiny of EU legislative proposals before members today. The first item on Schedule A is COM (2018) 390, a proposal for a...
  • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (27 speeches)
    As we are now in public session again I remind members and witnesses to ensure their mobile phones are turned off. We are here today for further scrutiny of EU legislative proposal COM (2018)...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 15:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Thomas Byrne, Senator Maria Byrne, Deputy Kathleen Funchion, Senator Robbie Gallagher, Deputy Catherine Martin, Senator Paul Gavan,...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    Apologies have been received from Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. Deputy Thomas Byrne was in contact. He will be present but only briefly as he has another commitment. I propose that we go into...
  • School Transport Scheme: Discussion (111 speeches)
    I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones or switch them to flight mode because, as we know, they interfere with the sound system and make it difficult for the parliamentary...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 14:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Pearse Doherty, Senator Paddy Burke, Senator Rose Conway-Walsh, Senator Gerry Horkan. DEPUTY JOHN MCGUINNESS IN THE CHAIR.
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    We will go into private session.
  • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 speech)
    Before we go to the main business of our meeting, I wish to deal with the committee's decisions on scrutiny of EU proposals for the public record. The committee has agreed that EU proposals COM...
  • World Development Report 2019: Discussion (43 speeches)
    I welcome Dr. Djankov, World Bank director, and his colleague. I invite Dr. Djankov to make his opening statement.
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 12:40 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy John Brady, Senator Catherine Ardagh, Deputy Joan Collins, Senator Ray Butler, Deputy Regina Doherty (Minister for Employment Affairs and...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    As we have a quorum, we will begin our meeting in private session.
  • Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (74 speeches, 1 comment)
    I welcome the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, and her officials. The opening statements have been circulated to committee members. Members will be...