27 Márta 2013, 16:13
Derek Nolan TD has been elected Vice-Chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions this afternoon.
27 March 2013
Deputy Nolan says: “I would like to thank my Oireachtas colleagues for electing me to the Vice-Chair position of this innovative Committee. The petitions system for the first time provides for members of the public to set the parliamentary agenda. The petitions our Committee has received so far raise important issues and, in considering petitions received, we examine the public service not from the perspective of the policy maker or senior civil servant but through the lens of the citizen.
“The Committee also has an important role in public service oversight and, particularly, in interacting with the Ombudsman on citizens’ concerns around delivery of public services. I look forward to making a contribution to a Committee, which is becoming a powerful and robust champion on behalf of the citizens we serve.”
Get involved: Make a petition and view petitions received so far.
For further information please contact:
Paul Hand,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
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