Oireachtas Committee to continue consideration of petitions

The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions will tomorrow afternoon continue its consideration of petitions received from members of the public.

12 February 2013

The Committee is scheduled to examine petitions on the following topics tomorrow:

• Perceived failure of National Roads Authority to inform interested parties of its intentions in relation to the N28;
• Perceived discrimination in law against those convicted of capital murder prior to 1990;
• The availability of the Kalydeco drug to sufferers of Cystic Fibrosis;
• Complaint against the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and his Department, and
• Request for re-examination of the course of action taken by Galway County Council in granting planning permission for a wind farm.

Cathaoirleach of the Committee Pádraig Mac Lochlainn says: “The Oireachtas Petitions System, established in September, is continuing to receive a steady flow of petitions from members of the public, on a wide variety of topics. An empowering feature of the petitions system is that it is open and accessible to every single citizen. Tomorrow our Committee will have an opportunity to carefully consider a diverse series of petitions received, and how best to advance the concerns they outline in relation to delivery of public services."

Access petitions system and view petitions received so far.

The meeting takes place tomorrow Wednesday 13 February in Committee Room 3, LH 2000 at 4 pm, and will commence with consideration of the petitions in private. Public proceedings will commence at 5pm and can be viewed online via this link.

For further information please contact:
Paul Hand,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
P: +3531 618 4484
M: +353 87 694 9926
F: +3531 618 4551

Committee Membership
Deputies:
Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit Alliance
Joan Collins, People Before Profit Alliance
Michael Conaghan, Labour
Alan Farrell, Fine Gael
Charles Flanagan, Fine Gael
Michael Healy-Rae, Independent
Peter Mathews, Fine Gael
MPádraig Mac Lochlainn, Sinn Féin (Cathaoirleach)
Michelle Mulherin, Fine Gael
Derek Nolan, Labour
Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Sinn Féin
Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Fianna Fáil
John Paul Phelan, Fine Gael

Senators:
Thomas Byrne
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh
Jimmy Harte
Tony Mulcahy
Susan O’Keeffe