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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 on Agriculture and the Marine
- Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Committee on Assisted Dying
- Committee on Autism
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight
- Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration
- Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Committee on Climate Action
- Committee on Disability Matters
- Committee on Drugs Use
- 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 Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
- Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community (2023)
- Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht
- Committee on Members' Interests of Dáil Éireann
- Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight (Dáil Éireann)
- Committee on Public Petitions
- 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 the Royal Hibernian Academy (Amendment of Charter) Bill
- Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media
- Committee on Transport and Communications
- 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
Financial scrutiny
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
Thu, 7 Nov 2024
Committee Of Public Accounts
Business of Committee
Wed, 6 Nov 2024
Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Wed, 6 Nov 2024
Joint Committee On Enterprise, Trade And Employment
Messages to Dáil and Seanad
Wed, 6 Nov 2024
Joint Committee On Disability Matters
Future-proofing to Improve Life and Longevity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion
Press releases
18 Jan 2025, 11:55
Recognition of Technical Groups
17 Jan 2025, 23:00
Recognition of Technical Groups
20 Dec 2024, 13:39
Seanad Public Consultation Committee publishes its Final Report on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland
8 Nov 2024, 15:09
Ceann Comhairle presents The National Bravery Awards
Recent reports
Fri, 20 Dec 2024
Fri, 20 Dec 2024
The Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland
Final report on the constitutional future of the island of Ireland from the Seanad Public Consultation Committee
Tue, 17 Dec 2024
Tue, 17 Dec 2024
Travel Report: Castlerea Prison, Mountjoy Female Prison (Dóchas Centre), Oberstown Children Detention Campus
Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community, Travel Report: Castlerea Prison, Mountjoy Female Prison (Dóchas Centre), Oberstown Children Detention Campus, 17 December 2024
Wed, 20 Nov 2024
Wed, 20 Nov 2024
Travel Report, Edinburgh, 21st – 23rd February 2024
Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Travel Report, Edinburgh, 21st – 23rd February 2024, April 2024
Fri, 8 Nov 2024
Fri, 8 Nov 2024
Annual Report 2023 - 2024
Seanad Select Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments, Annual Report 2023 - 2024, November 2024
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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.
Useful info
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.
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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.