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11.00
Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
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11.00
Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
12.30
Joint Committee on Transport and Communications
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
12.30
Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
13.30
14.30
Joint Committee on Assisted Dying
Audio Visual Room, LH 2000
14.45
Seanad Public Consultation Committee
Room 4, LH
15.30
16.45
17.00
Joint Committee on Disability Matters
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
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11.00
Business Committee (Dáil Éireann)
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
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10.00
Committee Stage consideration of the Planning and Development Bill 2023 (resumed)
- Darragh O'Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
11.00
Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
Private Meeting
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09.30
Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment
CR1, LH 2000
Challenges facing businesses in relation to sustainability and corporate social responsibility
- Representatives from Business in the Community
- Representatives from Open Doors Initiative
- Representatives from Social Entrepeneurs Ireland
09.30
CR2, LH 2000
Minutes of the meeting of 5 March 2024
HSE National Service Plan 2024
- Representatives from Health Service Executive
09.30
Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment)(No.1) (Income Disregard) S.I. No. 37 of 2024
- Heather Humphreys, Minister for Rural and Community Development; and Social Protection
Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Calculation of Means) S.I. 38 of 2024
- Heather Humphreys, Minister for Rural and Community Development; and Social Protection
Operation of Means Testing in the Social Welfare System
- Heather Humphreys, Minister for Rural and Community Development; and Social Protection
10.00
Joint Committee on European Union Affairs
CR4, LH 2000
Discussion on upcoming European Elections 2024, voting rights and combatting disinformation.
- Mr Jeremy Godfrey, Executive Chairperson, Coimisiún na Meán
- Ms Anne Marie Pollock, Director of Policy, Democracy and Fundamental Rights, Coimisiún na Meán
11.00
Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
Private Meeting
12.30
Joint Committee on Transport and Communications
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
Private Meeting
12.30
Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
Private Meeting
13.00
Committee Stage consideration of the Planning and Development Bill 2023 (resumed)
- Darragh O'Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
13.30
(13.30)Detailed scrutiny of the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023
- Officials from Dept. of Finance
- Representatives from The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)
(15.30)Detailed scrutiny of the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023
- John Brady, TD
- Representatives from Sadaka
- Representatives from the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign
13.30
Minutes of the meeting of previous meetings
Support for the development of Regional Film and TV Production
- Officials from Dept. of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
- Representatives from Screen Ireland
- Representatives from TG4
- Representatives from Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
- Officials from Dept. of Finance
- Representatives from Coimisiún na Meán
13.30
Private Meeting
14.30
Joint Committee on Assisted Dying
Audio Visual Room, LH 2000
Report Launch: Joint Committee on Assisted Dying Final Report
14.45
Seanad Public Consultation Committee
Room 4, LH
Private Meeting
15.30
Private Meeting
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Private Meeting
16.45
Private Meeting
17.00
Joint Committee on Disability Matters
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
Private Meeting
17.30
Joint Committee on Disability Matters
CR1, LH 2000
Planning for inclusive communities (resumed)
- Kieran O'Donnell, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Officials from Dept. of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Patrick O’Sullivan, Principal Officer, & Clare Naughton, Assistant Principal Officer, Social Inclusion Unit
17.30
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
CR4, LH 2000
Pre-Stability Programme Update scrutiny (resumed)
- Representatives from the Central Bank
17.30
Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
CR3, LH 2000
Compliance with the Nitrates Directive: Implications for Ireland (resumed)
- Officials from Dept. of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Representatives from Uisce Éireann
- Representatives from Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO)
- Representatives from Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI)
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Committee Stage consideration of the Planning and Development Bill 2023 (resumed)
- Darragh O'Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
09.30
CR4, LH 2000
Committee Stage consideration of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024
- Mary Butler, Minister of State at the Department of Health
09.30
CR3, LH 2000
(09.30)Appropriation Accounts 2022 Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
- Representatives from An Garda Siochana
- Officials from Dept. of Justice
Areas of interest: staffing and recruitment; policing of public order incidents; community policing; spend and budgets per regional division; Pulse system.
(13.30)Minutes of the meeting of 7th March 2024
Accounts and Statements
Correspondence
Consideration of Draft Committee work programme
Any Other Business
10.30
Approval of minutes of previous meetings
Approval of Work Programme
Traveller Accommodation (resumed)
- Representatives from FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres), Sinéad Lucey, Managing Solicitor, Christopher Bowes BL Legal Officer
- Representatives from Community Law and Mediation, Mary Heavey, Housing Solicitor, Jane O’Sullivan, Managing Solicitor
Any other business
11.00
Business Committee (Dáil Éireann)
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
Private Meeting
13.30
Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting
Consideration of Public Petition Number P00006/22 “Bye/By Elections in Ireland may comply with legislation however they do not comply with the Constitution” (resumed)
Consideration of Public Petition Number P00035/22 “Amend Child Care Act 1991 to provide HIQA with the necessary powers to sanction Tusla, Child and Family Agency when it fails to meet its statutory obligations” (resumed)
Consideration of Public Petition Number P00066/22 “Create a Health Services Student Allowance” (resumed)
Consideration of Public Petition Number P00012/23 "Justice & Safety" (resumed)
Consideration of Public Petition Number P00022/23 “Supreme Court referral of the Incitement to Hatred Bill 2022” (resumed)
Consideration of Public Petition Number P00036/23 “Invincibles Reinterment Campaign” (resumed)
Consideration of Public Petition Numbers P00002/24 “Fairness for Existing Work Permit Holders: We want to stay and contribute”
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About committees
Oireachtas committees advise the Houses of the Oireachtas on a range of specific areas. Committee members include TDs, Senators or both.
Committees receive submissions and presentations from members of the public, interest groups and Government Departments. Their public meetings are broadcast live and recorded and they may publish reports on specific issues.
Committees also scrutinise Government expenditure and debate proposed legislation.
Committees 33rd Dáil / 26th Seanad
- Business Committee
- Committee of Public Accounts
- Committee of Selection (Seanad Éireann)
- Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Committee on Assisted Dying
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight
- Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Committee on Disability Matters
- Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
- Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Committee on Environment and Climate Action
- Committee on European Union Affairs
- Committee on Members' Interests of Dáil Éireann
- Committee on Members’ Interests of Seanad Éireann
- Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight (Dáil Éireann)
- Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight (Seanad Éireann)
- Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen
- Committee on Remit Oversight (Dáil Éireann)
- Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands
- Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform
- Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
- Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community
- Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media
- Committee on Transport and Communications
- Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht
- Committee on Public Petitions
- Committee on the Royal Hibernian Academy (Amendment of Charter) Bill
- Committee on Transport and Communications Networks
- Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
- Standing Order 131 Select Committee of Dáil Éireann
How do Committees scrutinise Government spending?
Scrutinising Government spending is one of the important functions of Dáil Éireann and its select Committees. Find out more about the process by which Committees scrutinise the Government's annual Estimates and other financial aspects of spending for public services.
Recent debates
Fri, 8 Mar 2024
Comhchoiste Na Gaeilge, Na Gaeltachta Agus Phobal Labhartha Na Gaeilge
Cathair na Gaillimhe, Cathair na Gaeilge: Plé
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
Select Committee On Housing, Local Government And Heritage
Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
Committee Of Public Accounts
Business of Committee
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
Joint Committee On The Implementation Of The Good Friday Agreement
Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach
Press releases
12 Mar 2024, 10:22
Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann calls for portrait to commemorate Senator Billy Fox on the 50th anniversary of his death
7 Mar 2024, 14:30
Seachtain na Gaeilge, Pobal na Gaeilge, Comhchoiste na Gaeilge, Comhdháil na Gaeilge, Cathair na Gaeilge
7 Mar 2024, 12:45
Comhchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeltachta ag bualadh le Gaillimh na Gaeilge i gCathair na Gaeilge le linn Sheachtain na Gaeilge
6 Mar 2024, 15:45
Good Friday Committee to receive update on the work of the Shared Island Unit
Recent reports
Fri, 8 Mar 2024
Report of the Business Committee for 20 - 21 March 2024
Arrangement for business and business schedule for Tuesday to Thursday, 20 - 21 March 2024
Fri, 8 Mar 2024
Report on Pre Legislative Scrutiny of Gas (Safety) Amendment Bill 2023
Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action Report on Pre Legislative Scrutiny of Gas (Safety) Amendment Bill 2023, March 2024
Wed, 6 Mar 2024
Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Protection, Preservation of and Access to Data on Information Systems) Bill 2024
Joint Committee on Justice Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Protection, Preservation of and Access to Data on Information Systems) Bill 2024, March 2024
Wed, 6 Mar 2024
Political Contribution on Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the council laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679
Joint Committee on Justice Political Contribution on Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the council laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, March 2024
Scrutiny of EU legislation
What happens when the EU proposes new legislation for member states? This infographic outlines how the Oireachtas reviews and responds to such proposals.
Parliamentary inquiries
A number of parliamentary inquiries have been conducted by the Houses of the Oireachtas. The reports of these parliamentary inquiries have been laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas.
Archive
To find a report published by a committee of a previous Dáil, search the Oireachtas Library & Research Service catalogue. There, you will find all committee reports and other documents laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas.
If you are interested in what was said at a public meeting of a committee, visit the committee debates page and search by date.
For other information about committees of the 31st Dáil, which sat from March 2011 to February 2016, you could browse the archive of committees of the 31st Dáil.
Glossary
Do you know your standing committees from your joint committees from your select committees? Decode parliamentary jargon with our A to Z guide.
What are standing Committees?
Standing Committees are established by Standing Orders of the Oireachtas and fulfill functions that are required by every parliament, such as the scrutiny of public accounts.
What is the difference between select and joint Committees?
A select Committee includes Members from either the Dáil or the Seanad, but not both. A joint Committee has Members from both Dáil and Seanad.