Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen to consider range of petitions

• Public Petition Number P00035/22 ‘Amend Child Care Act 1991 to provide HIQA with the necessary powers to sanction Tusla, Child and Family Agency when it fails to meet its statutory obligations’ (resumed);
• Public Petition Number P00012/23 ‘Justice & Safety’ (resumed);
• Public Petition Number P00028/24 ‘Credit Unions’ (resumed);
• Public Petition Number P00037/24 ‘Mandate life-saving measures for babies born at 22 weeks in all Irish hospitals’ (resumed);
• Public Petition Number P00058/24 ‘Flawed Legislation relating to Pensions and Social Security’ (resumed);
• Public Petition Number P00063/24 ‘Petition to Review and Rectify the Stamp 1 Work Visa Requirements for Third-Level Graduates’.

The Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen is a standing Committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas and has 11 Members, seven from the Dáil and four from the Seanad.

The meeting in the Committee Room 4 can be viewed live on Oireachtas TV.

Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.