15 Oct 2013, 10:12
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions will tomorrow afternoon consider another batch of public petitions received.
15 October 2013
The petitions relate to:
- 30 of 2012: Perceived discrimination in law against those convicted of capital murder prior to 1990 (Des Keane)
- 63 of 2012: Concerns around the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010 (Liam O Tuathail)
- 67 of 2012: The banning of tobacco smoking in all public areas including parks, beaches, streets and public squares (Christina Oman)
- 78 of 2012: The ending of Carpentry/Joinery course at the Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown (Pat Brady)
Chairman of the Committee Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD says: “Our Committee looks forward to carefully considering a range of petitions received from members of the public and how best to advance the individual concerns raised. Committee Members continue to encourage any individual citizen with concerns around the delivery of public services to make a petition, which will be carefully considered by the Committee. 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 16 October in Committee Room 3, LH 2000 at 4 pm. The meeting will commence in private session, before reverting to public session at 4:45 pm. Public proceedings can be viewed online via this link.
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