The Committee shadows the Department of Justice and considers policy in the fields of justice, security and the rule of law to ensure that Irish society is safe, secure, just, open-minded and impartial.
Latest report
Judicial Appointments Commission
The Committee has completed its pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2020 and published its report.
Press releases
19 Oct 2021, 15.15
Justice Committee to discuss Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021
14 Oct 2021, 15.13
Justice Committee publishes ‘Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2020’
28 Sep 2021, 18.05
Justice Committee publishes ‘Civil Liberties during the Covid-19 Pandemic’ report
Recent videos
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
Committee on Justice
Topic: Committee Stage consideration of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021
Wed, 3 Nov 2021
Committee on Justice
Topic: Engagement with Stakeholders on the Topic of Women's Shelters and Domestic Abuse Refuges
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
Committee on Justice
Topic: Pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021
Recent documents
Wed, 3 Nov
Opening statement, Mary McDermott, CEO, Safe Ireland
Wed, 3 Nov
Opening statement, Allison Graham, CEO, Saoirse Domestic Violence Services
Wed, 3 Nov
Opening statement, Kathrina Bentley, CEO, Men’s Aid
Recent reports
Wed, 13 Oct 2021
Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2020
Joint Committee on Justice Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2020
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
Report on Civil Liberties during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Joint Committee on Justice Report on Civil Liberties during the Covid-19 Pandemic September 2021
Thu, 22 Jul 2021
Report on meeting on 27th April 2021 on the topic of GDPR
Joint Committee on Justice Report on meeting on 27th April 2021 on the topic of GDPR
Select committee
The select committee comprises only Dáil Members. It meets to consider legislation and Estimates relating to the Department of Justice.
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EU scrutiny
All proposed EU legislation in the areas of agriculture, food and the marine is scrutinized by the committee and decisions are made regarding such proposals.
Committee contact details
Committee on Justice
Leinster House
Kildare Street
Dublin
D02 XR20
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