Dáil debates
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
First Report of Committee of Selection and Appointment of Cathaoirligh: Motion
4:05 pm
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I move:
That Dáil Éireann: (a) approves the First Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 33, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 6th May, 2025, and appoints members to Committees accordingly; and
(b) pursuant to Standing Order 113(2), appoints the following members as Chairs of Committees:
Deputy Aindrias Moynihan – Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Food
Deputy Malcolm Byrne – Chair of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Deputy Alan Kelly – Chair of the Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport
Deputy Richard O'Donoghue – Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Deputy Keira Keogh – Chair of the Committee on Children and Equality
Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí – Chair of the Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy
Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh – Chair of the Committee on Defence and National Security
Deputy Maurice Quinlivan – Chair of the Committee on Disability Matters
Deputy Gary Gannon – Chair of the Committee on Drugs Use
Deputy Cathal Crowe – Chair of the Committee on Education and Youth
Deputy James O'Connor – Chair of the Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
Deputy Barry Ward – Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs
Deputy Mairéad Farrell – Chair of the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Deputy Conor McGuinness – Chair of the Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
Deputy John Lahart – Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Deputy Erin McGreehan – Chair of the Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Deputy Pádraig Rice – Chair of the Committee on Health
Deputy Micheál Carrigy – Chair of the Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Deputy Cormac Devlin – Chair of the Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Deputy Seán Fleming – Chair of the Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery
Deputy Catherine Connolly – Chair of the Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community
Deputy Matt Carthy – Chair of the Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Deputy George Lawlor – Chair of the Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community
Deputy Catherine Callaghan – Chair of the Committee on Member's Interests of Dáil Éireann
Deputy John Brady – Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts
Deputy Louise O'Reilly – Chair of the Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen
Deputy John Paul O'Shea – Chair of the Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development
Deputy Michael Murphy – Chair of the Committee on Transport.