30 Apr 2013, 17:45
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions will tomorrow afternoon continue its consideration of petitions received from members of the public.
30 April 2013
The Committee is scheduled to examine petitions on the following topics tomorrow:
- Revising postal ballot rules to allow Irish citizens living abroad to vote (two individual petitions)
- Open access to publicly funded research
- Perceived under-reporting of Road Traffic Accidents in Ireland
- Request to extend the smoking ban to all public places
Chairman of the Committee Pádraig Mac Lochlainn says: \"Our Committee look forward to carefully considering a range of petitions received from members of the general public and how best to advance the individual concerns raised. With 69 petitions received so far, the Committee has so far considered 39 of the petitions at least once. Committee Members would encourage any individual citizen with concerns around the delivery of public services. There is a standard form which we request all petitioners to complete, which is available at petitions.oireachtas.ie and can be completed and submitted online, emailed or sent by post.\"
The meeting takes place tomorrow Wednesday 1 May in Committee Room 3, LH 2000 at 4 pm commencing in private session. On considering petitions in private, public proceedings will re-commence at 5pm and can be viewed online via this link.
Get involved: Make a petition and view petitions received so far.
For further information please contact:
Paul Hand,
Communications Unit,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
P: +3531 618 4484
M: +353 87 694 9926
Committee Membership
Deputies:
Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit Alliance
Joan Collins, People Before Profit Alliance
Michael Conaghan, Labour
Alan Farrell, Fine Gael
Charles Flanagan, Fine Gael
Michael Healy-Rae, Independent
Peter Mathews, Fine Gael
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Sinn Féin (Chairman)
Michelle Mulherin, Fine Gael
Derek Nolan, Labour (Vice-Chairman)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Sinn Féin
Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Fianna Fáil
John Paul Phelan, Fine Gael
Senators:
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh
Jimmy Harte
Tony Mulcahy
Susan O’Keeffe