Petitions Committee to examine petitions in relation to Leinster House access, water meter installation and medical card provision

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions will convene tomorrow to examine the following batch of public petitions received:

30 June 2015

• [Petition No. P8/14] Public Access to Dáil and Seanad Galleries (Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald)
• [Petition No. P13/14] Injustice anywhere threatens Justice everywhere (Ms. Bridie Cox) – which calls for all HSE investigations to be carried out by an independent body
• [Petition No. P40/14] Disease Rates Linked to Central Heating Systems (Mr. Tony Rochford)
• [Petition No. P2/15] Non-Compliant installation of Water Meter Boxes in vehicle access locations by Irish Water (Mr. Con O’Leary)
• [Petition No. P13/15] Our Children’s Health Campaign Petition (Mr. Peter Fitzpatrick) – relating to medical card provision for children with serious illnesses

Chairman of the Committee Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD says: “The Oireachtas petitions system is a direct channel for individual citizens and groups across Ireland to influence the parliamentary agenda. Since the launch of the petitions system in September 2012, the Committee has received a total of 144 petitions. Tomorrow, we will have an opportunity to consider another batch of petitions relating to concerns around public service delivery.

“Creating a petition is simple and the process has been designed to be open, user-friendly and accessible to all. There is a standard form which we request all petitioners to complete, which is available at petitions.oireachtas.ie and can be completed and submitted online, emailed or sent by post.”

The meeting takes place tomorrow Wednesday 1 July at 4 pm in Committee Room 3, Leinster House 2000.

Committee proceedings will commence in private session before reverting to public session at approximately 4:30 pm. Public proceedings can be followed live here.

Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the move, through the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.

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Committee Membership
Deputies:
Richard Boyd-Barrett, Independent
Noel Harrington, Fine Gael
Michael Healy-Rae, Independent
Seamus Kirk, Fianna Fáil
Michael P. Kitt, Fianna Fáil
Pádraig MacLochlainn (Chairman), Sinn Féin
Helen McEntee, Fine Gael
Michelle Mulherin, Fine Gael
Derek Nolan (Vice-Chair), Labour
Patrick O'Donovan, Fine Gael
Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Sinn Féin
Sean Kenny, Labour
John Halligan, Independent
Jack Wall, Labour

Senators:
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Sinn Féin
Jimmy Harte, Labour
Tony Mulcahy, Fine Gael
Susan O’Keeffe, Labour
Ned O'Sullivan, Fianna Fáil