Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 March 2021

• Public Accounts Committee (0 speeches)
  AN COISTE UM CHUNTAIS PHOIBLÍ COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Dé Máirt, 23 Márta 2021. Tuesday, 23 March 2021. The Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Colm Burke,...
  • Business of Committee (159 speeches)
    Apologies have been received from Deputy Sherlock. I welcome everybody to the meeting, which is taking place in the Dáil Chamber to enable members to attend in person while adhering to...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 18:30 The Joint Committee met at 18:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Business of Joint Committee (2 speeches)
    Senator Tim Lombard took the Chair.
  • Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (62 speeches)
    I welcome the following subject matter experts to the meeting: from UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, Professor Simon More and Ms Catherine McAloon; and from Animal Health Ireland, Ms Finola...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 12:30 The Joint Committee met at 12:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (Resumed) (62 speeches)
    On behalf of the committee, I welcome Dr. Elisabeth Windisch of the International Transport Forum at the OECD; Professor Alan McKinnon, Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg, Germany; and Dr....
• Committee on Budgetary Oversight (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Roghchoiste le chéile ag 12:30 The Select Committee met at 12:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (126 speeches)
    Apologies have been received from Deputies Canney and Leddin. Today, the committee will engage in its ongoing scrutiny of the stability programme update report with representatives of the...
• Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Roghchoiste le chéile ag 15:30 The Select Committee met at 15:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Estimates for Public Services 2021
    Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
    Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (19 speeches)
    I welcome everyone to the meeting of the Select Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration. Before we begin, I remind members who are participating to keep their devices on mute...
  • Message to Dáil (1 speech)
    In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration has completed its...
• Select Committee on Education and Skills (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Roghchoiste le chéile ag 12:30 The Select Committee met at 12:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Estimates for Public Services 2021
    Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
    Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (101 speeches)
    Even though this is a virtual meeting, I remind members and officials to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration because they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even...
  • Message to Dáil (1 speech)
    In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 09:30 The Joint Committee met at 09:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Impact of Covid-19 on Gender Equality: Discussion (36 speeches)
    I am grateful to members for agreeing to a meeting at this time, which is not our usual time, and under the constraints of virtuality. Following on from our meeting with Dóchas and others...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 15:30 The Joint Committee met at 15:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (146 speeches)
    We are dealing with item No. 6, which is the engagement with Bank of Ireland. I welcome members to the committee. I also welcome the bank officials, Ms Francesca McDonagh and Mr. Gavin Kelly....
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 09:30 The Joint Committee met at 09:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Business of Joint Committee (4 speeches)
    Deputy Carroll MacNeill will be in and out of the meeting because she has a concurrent meeting. No other apologies have been received.
  • The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (58 speeches)
    We have two hours for this meeting and this is the only item on the agenda. I am conscious that some members did not get to contribute at our previous meeting, but there should be plenty of...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 09:30 The Joint Committee met at 09:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    There is one item of committee business to be addressed before I call our witnesses to present to the committee. Can I take it that the draft minutes of the previous public and private meetings...
  • Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (170 speeches)
    I welcome the witnesses from the Department of Health, the Covid-19 nursing home expert panel; the HSE and the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, who will be presenting virtually to...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 18:30 The Joint Committee met at 18:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (75 speeches)
    The committee is continuing pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the electoral reform Bill 2020. We are joined from the Data Protection Commission by Mr. Dale Sunderland, deputy...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 15:30 The Joint Committee met at 15:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Victims' Testimony in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Discussion. (93 speeches)
    The purpose of this meeting is to have an engagement with a number of stakeholders that have made written submissions to assist the committee on the topic of victims' testimony in cases of rape...
• Select Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Roghchoiste le chéile ag 15:30 The Select Committee met at 15:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Gnó an Roghchoiste (1 speech)
    Leanfaidh an seisiún seo ar aghaidh go dtí 5.30 p.m. agus ag an am sin cuirfear an coiste ar athló go dtí 1 p.m. ar an 30 Márta, muna bhfuil obair an choiste...
  • Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (114 speeches)
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• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 18:30 The Joint Committee met at 18:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Roadmap to Social Inclusion: Discussion (42 speeches)
    I welcome all the Members. At the outset, I remind members of the joint committee that in order to have a duly constituted meeting and for it to proceed members are required to join the meeting...
• Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 12:30 The Joint Committee met at 12:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Impact of Covid-19 on the Hospitality Sector: Discussion (121 speeches)
    We begin with the minutes of the meeting of 10 March 2021, which were previously agreed in private session. Are they agreed? Agreed. This meeting has been convened with representatives from...