Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 March 2023

Committee on Public Petitions

Decisions on Public Petitions Received

Photo of Pat BuckleyPat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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That is agreed.

The fourth petition on the agenda is petition No. 64 of 2022 entitled “Stop heating [the] Russian Embassy” and is from Mr. Jonas Paulauskas. This petition relates to a request that the electricity, heating and water for the Russian embassy in Ireland be turned off. The committee recommends that the petition is inadmissible under the Standing Order 127(1)(a). Our committee does not have the power to do anything in respect of this petition as our committee cannot be requested to do anything other than what the Dáil has the power to do. It is recommended, therefore, that the petitioner be advised of the same and that the petition therefore be deemed closed. Do members of any views on that recommendation or is that recommendation agreed?