Committee on Public Petitions díospóireacht -
Thursday, 10 Mar 2022

Business of Joint Committee

Chairman

I welcome everyone to our public meeting using Microsoft Teams. We have received apologies from Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan. The Ceann Comhairle, Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl, and the Cathaoirleach, Senator Mark Daly, have published a Covid-19 code of conduct for the parliamentary community, January 2022. Face masks should be worn when moving around the campus and during the committee meeting except when speaking. This will help to reduce the risk of Covid-19 spreading among the parliamentary community. I ask for everyone's full co-operation on this.

I propose that we approve the minutes of the private and public meetings held on 16 and 17 February, which have already been approved at the private meeting. We must do this for procedural reasons. Is that agreed?

Deputy Pat Buckley

Agreed.

Chairman

I remind members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the place in which Parliament has chosen to sit, namely, Leinster House, in order to participate in public meetings. I will not permit a member to participate where they are not adhering to this constitutional requirement. Therefore, any member who attempts to participate from outside the precincts will be asked to leave the meeting.