Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 April 2022

• Public Accounts Committee (0 speeches)
  AN COISTE UM CHUNTAIS PHOIBLÍ COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Déardaoin, 28 Aibreán 2022. Thursday, 28 April 2022. The Committee met at 09:30 MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Colm Burke,...
  • 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
    Vote 24 - Justice
    Vote 21 - Prisons (509 speeches)
    Ms Oonagh McPhillips(Secretary General, Department of Justice)andMs Caron McCaffrey(Director General, Irish Prison Service)called and examined.
  • Business of Committee (108 speeches)
    The business before us this afternoon is as follows: minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, work programme, and any other business. We will then go into private session...
• Committee on Public Petitions (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 13:30 The Joint Committee met at 13:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (78 speeches)
    Vice Chairman: I welcome members and witnesses to the meeting. We have received apologies from the Chairman, Deputy Martin Browne, as well as Senators Craughwell and Warfield. Under the...
  • Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 speeches)
    Vice Chairman: We have three petitions for consideration. We considered them during our meeting in private session yesterday. The first is No. 4/22, to revise employment conditions for stamp 3...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters (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...
  • Humanitarian Risk Situations and Emergencies: Discussion (23 speeches)
    The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Ms Catherine Naughton, director, European Disability Forum,...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality (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...
  • Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (25 speeches)
    I want to begin by apologising for keeping the Minister waiting. A combination of factors meant we had difficulty achieving a quorum on time this morning. We have received apologies from a...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 11:30 The Joint Committee met at 11:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Business of Joint Committee (1 speech)
    We will not start with the Taoiseach but with some private business. We have some correspondence from John Major. I do not know if people have seen it, have they? I propose we now go into...
  • Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (74 speeches)
    I welcome an Taoiseach here today. He is extremely welcome, as are his staff. We look forward to an excellent debate on the issues, which are of great importance, particularly those relating to...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 13:30 The Joint Committee met at 13:30 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (200 speeches)
    The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss COM (2021) 802, a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings, which is obviously a...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy (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)
    Good morning everybody. We have received apologies from Deputies Higgins and Niamh Smyth. Before we start, I have a few comments to make. This committee has been tasked with examining the...
  • Issues relating to International Surrogacy Arrangements and Achieving Parental Recognition: Discussion (188 speeches)
    We have two sessions today. In the first we will look at the particular issues faced by same sex couples, both male and female, in entering international surrogacy arrangements and achieving...