Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 October 2018

• Public Accounts Committee (0 speeches)
  AN COISTE UM CHUNTAIS PHOIBLÍ COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Déardaoin, 18 Deireadh Fómhair 2018. Thursday, 18 October 2018. The Committee met at 09:00 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Bobby...
  • Business of Committee (157 speeches)
    We are joined today by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness to the committee. He is joined by Ms Josephine Mooney, deputy director of audit....
  • 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
    Chapter 6 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
    Vote 11 - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
    Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
    2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
    Chapter 2 - Collection of Pension Contributions due to the Exchequer
    Chapter 3 - Control of Funding for Voted Public Services
    Chapter 5 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
    Vote 11 - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
    Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
    Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector
    Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 99: Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015
    Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 100: Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2016 (702 speeches)
    Mr. Robert Watt(Secretary General, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) called and examined.
  • HEA Financial Statements 2017 (481 speeches, 1 comment)
    Dr. Graham Love (Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority) and Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú (Secretary General, Department of Education and Skills) called and examined.
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 13:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Jack Chambers, Senator Paul Daly, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Senator Ian Marshall, Deputy Timmy Dooley, Senator Michelle Mulherin,...
  • Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (127 speeches)
    Chairman: I welcome members and the viewers who may be watching our proceedings on Oireachtas TV to the eighth public session of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action. Before I...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 10:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Thomas Byrne, Senator Maria Byrne. Deputy Catherine Martin, Deputy Tony McLoughlin, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, DEPUTY FIONA O'LOUGHLIN IN...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    I remind members to turn off their mobile phones. Apologies have been received from Senators Paul Gavan, Lynn Ruane and Robbie Gallagher. I expect everyone else to be here. It is proposed that...
  • Report on Positive Mental Health in Schools: Minister for Education and Skills (39 speeches)
    In September 2017, this committee launched its report on positive mental health in schools and we made 18 recommendations to the Minister at that time with regard to the need to ensure supports...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Seán Barrett, Senator Gabrielle McFadden. Deputy Jack Chambers,* Deputy Noel Grealish, Deputy Tony McLoughlin, Deputy Aengus Ó...
  • Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (154 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and at the Department of Defence, Deputy Kehoe. The committee agreed as part of its work programme for 2018 to invite the...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (0 speeches)
  The Joint Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Peter Burke, Senator Paddy Burke, Deputy Pearse Doherty, Senator Gerry Horkan, Deputy Michael McGrath, Senator Kieran O'Donnell. Deputy...
  • Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 speech)
    I wish to record the decision taken by the committee on EU legislative proposals. The committee agreed that EU proposal COM (2018) 646 warrants further scrutiny. The committee also agreed that...
  • Governance and Regulation of Receivers: Discussion (128 speeches)
    I welcome Ms Helen Curley, principal officer, and Ms Tara Coogan, assistant principal officer, from the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation; and Mr. Conan McKenna, assistant...
  • Sale of Loans to Unregulated Private Investment Funds: Discussion (166 speeches)
    We will now discuss the sale of loans to unregulated private investment funds. I welcome Mr. Joe Healy, president of the Irish Farmers Association, Mr. Neil McDonnell, chief executive officer of...