Petitions on personal data, cycle lanes, border control, school access and coinage to be considered by Committee

The Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions will meet tomorrow to consider a further grouping of public petitions received. Petitions to be considered include:

12th January 2016

1.    [P00082/12] Secondary Use of Patient Information and the risks of Electronic Health Records
2.    [P00037/14] Better Cycle Lanes in Dublin City
3.    [P00038/14] Families of different nationalities travelling together through passport control
4.    [P00029/15] Petition for equal school access for all children, regardless of religion, and repeal of section 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Act 2000
5.    [P00035/15] Put Conor McGregor on the €1 Euro Coin

Committee Chairman, Pádraig MacLochlainn TD, said “Our first meeting of 2016 will allow the Committee consider and action a further group of petitions submitted by members of the public. To begin we will discuss a petition that raises concern about patient data, or tissue, being used for medical research purposes without proper consent. We will then look at a petition that calls for an increase in the amount of cycle lanes in Dublin City. Also on the agenda is a petition that requests family members, both holders and non-holders of EU passports, pass border control through the same entry point.”

“Petition 29/15 calls for an amendment to equality legislation that would see a change to the enrolment policy of certain schools so that they could no longer give preference to students of a particular faith. Lastly we will discuss a petitioner’s request that sports personality Conor McGregor feature on the €1 coin.”

The meeting takes place tomorrow Wednesday 13 January at 4 pm in Committee Room 3, Leinster House 2000.

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Committee Membership

Chairman: Pádraig MacLochlainn, Sinn Féin

Deputies:

Richard Boyd-Barrett, Independent
Paul J Connaughton, Fine Gael
Pat Deering, Fine Gael
Michael Healy-Rae, Independent
Seamus Kirk, Fianna Fáil
Michael P. Kitt, Fianna Fáil
Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Fine Gael
Michelle Mulherin, Fine Gael
Derek Nolan (Vice-Chair), Labour
Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Sinn Féin
Sean Kenny, Labour
Anthony Lawlor, Fine Gael
John Halligan, Independent
Jack Wall, Labour

Senators:

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