Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 January 2026

• Committee on Budgetary Oversight (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 15:00 The Joint Committee met at 15:00 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Future Forty Report: Department of Finance (104 speeches)
    I ask everyone to turn off their phones and devices or put them on silent. I wish to explain some of the limitations of parliamentary privilege and the practice of the House as regards...
• Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 11:00 The Joint Committee met at 11:00 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Petition on Flood Relief for Rathcormac, Castlemartyr, Killeagh and Mogeely: Discussion (Resumed) (57 speeches)
    Our next order of business is our engagement with Cork County Council and the Office of Public Works in relation to P00016/25, "A Call for Urgent Action on Flood Relief for Rathcormac,...
  • Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 speeches)
    I now propose that the petitions considered by the committee at this and previous meetings are published and that replies from Departments and other bodies are also published. We will now...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 11:00 The Joint Committee met at 11:00 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Aquaculture Licensing: Discussion (170 speeches)
    Witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to this committee. This means that a witness has a full...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 15:00 The Joint Committee met at 15:00 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Situation in Sudan: Discussion (93 speeches)
    Before we begin, I advise members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex to participate in public meetings. I...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 15:00 The Joint Committee met at 15:00 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Changing Demographics, Rural Depopulation and Housing Strategy: Discussion (129 speeches)
    I advise members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex in order to participate in public meetings. Today, we...
  • General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2025: Discussion (329 speeches)
    The general scheme of planning and development (amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2025 provides for targeted amendments to the Planning and Development Act 2024, alongside consequential and transitional...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 15:00 The Joint Committee met at 15:00 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • General Scheme of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences, Domestic Violence and International Instruments) Bill 2025: Discussion (105 speeches)
    No apologies have been received. I remind members and witnesses, but primarily members, to turn off their mobile phones or switch them to flight mode. We have a busy agenda today, with lots of...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 11:00 The Joint Committee met at 11:00 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Successful Artificial Intelligence Public Sector Programmes: Discussion (169 speeches)
    I welcome everybody. We are fortunate today that we are joined by a number of organisations that can look at how public services interact with AI and that have been quite progressive in their...