Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 June 2026

• Committee on Budgetary Oversight (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...
  • Cost of Business Financing: Discussion (126 speeches)
    I ask everyone to turn off their mobile phone devices or put them on silent mode. Before we begin, I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the House as...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community (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...
  • Gnó an Chomhchoiste (3 speeches)
    Sula mbogfaimid ar aghaidh, tá mír chomhfhreagrais ón seisiún príobháideach a gcaithfimid déileáil leis. Baineann sé le hiarratas ó Aoife...
  • Oideachas Lán-Ghaeilge: IMEASC (63 speeches)
    Anois, déanfaimid breathnú ar an gceart atá ag gach duine oideachas lánGhaeilge a bheith ar fáil dó, agus an dualgas atá ar an Stát é sin a chur ar...
  • Údarás na Gaeltachta: Plé (44 speeches)
    Táimid chun breathnú ar ráiteas deireadh bliana Údarás na Gaeltachta 2025, ar straitéis Údarás na Gaeltachta 2026–2030, agus ar an bPlean...
• Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 18:00 The Joint Committee met at 18:00 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Petition on Equality for Parenting Standards in Ireland around Benefits: Discussion (96 speeches)
    I welcome everyone to our public session. I have to read some formal notices concerning privilege. I remind members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within...
  • Decisions on Public Petitions Received (1 speech)
    I propose the petitions considered by the committee at this and previous meetings be published and that replies from Departments and other bodies also be published. Is that agreed? Agreed. We...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy (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...
  • Impact of Water Quality and Pollution on Sea and Inland Fisheries: Discussion (247 speeches)
    I have received apologies from Deputies Scanlon and Ward. This is a joint meeting of the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs and the Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and...
• 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...
  • Impact of Water Quality and Pollution on Sea and Inland Fisheries: Discussion (247 speeches)
    I have received apologies from Deputies Scanlon and Ward. This is a joint meeting of the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs and the Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and...
• 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...
  • Social Housing Estate Regeneration: Discussion (230 speeches)
    You are all very welcome. I will go through some formalities before we kick off. We do not have any apologies. We have substitutions. Deputy Quinlivan is in place of Deputy Ó Broin and...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Comhchoiste le chéile ag 16:10 The Joint Committee met at 16:10 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Teachtaí Dála / Deputies Teachtaí...
  • Criminal Legal Aid: Discussion (234 speeches)
    The purpose of this part of the meeting is to have an engagement with the Minister on the topic of criminal legal aid. On behalf of the committee I welcome the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs...
• Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement (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...
  • Engagement with Relatives for Justice and Ashton Community Trust-Bridge of Hope (83 speeches)
    I thank, on behalf of the committee, the witnesses who have come before us from Relatives for Justice and Ashton Community Trust. We are joined by Mr. Mark Thompson, CEO of Relatives for...
• 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...
  • AI and the Environment: Discussion (Resumed) (180 speeches)
    We have received apologies from Deputy James Geoghegan and Senator Laura Harmon. I advise members of the constitutional requirement that members must be physically present within the confines of...
• Seanad Committee on EU Scrutiny and Transparency (0 speeches)
  Tháinig an Roghchoiste le chéile ag 11:00 The Select Committee met at 11:00 COMHALTAÍ A BHÍ I LÁTHAIR / MEMBERS PRESENT: Seanadóirí / Senators...
  • Receipt of Draft Statutory Instruments from Departments: Discussion (Resumed) (20 speeches)
    The secretariat has contacted the Departments about EU laws that are to be brought into Irish law. They are due within six months. Three Departments, namely the Department of Enterprise,...