The committee receives and processes public petitions submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas. Members of the public may submit petitions directly to the committee.
Press releases
10 Oct 2019, 16.43
Joint Committee on Public Petitions welcome delegation of senior Chinese officials to Leinster House
24 Sep 2019, 15.24
Joint Committee on Public Petitions to consider a range of petitions including a petition on raising the age limit for joining the Defence Forces
2 Jul 2019, 14.38
Petitions Committee to resume discussion on petition to “Save Fermoy Weir”
Leaflet
How do I submit a petition to the committee?
Read our leaflet explaining the work of the the Committee on Public Petitions and how you can submit a petition.
Go online
Submit a petition online
The committee has a dedicated website for receiving petitions electronically from the public.
Recent videos
Wed, 19 Jun 2019
Committees
Petition No P00011/18 –“Mandatory training for Irish mainstream School Teachers – children on spectrum disorders"
Recent documents
Wed, 3 Jul
Opening Statement, Niall Healy, Director of Service Municipal District Operations & Rural, Cork County Council
Wed, 3 Jul
Opening Statement, Denis Maher, Principal Officer, Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment and Inland Fisheries Ireland
Wed, 3 Jul
Opening Statement, Colin Byrne, Senior Adviser, Water Division, Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
Recent publications
Wed, 3 Apr 2019
Annual Report 2018 - Joint Committee on Public Petitions
Joint Committee on Joint Committee on Public Petitions - Annual Report 2018
Wed, 19 Apr 2017
How to Submit a Petition
Petitions committee leaflet with details of how to submit a petition to the committee
Committee contact details
Committee on Public Petitions
Leinster House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
D02 XR20
Clerk to the Committee
Leo Bollins
(01) 618 4215
submitapetition@oireachtas.ie