27 Márta 2013, 09:21
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions will tomorrow afternoon continue its consideration of petitions received from members of the public. Committee proceedings will commence with the election of a Vice-Chairman.
26 March 2013
The Committee is scheduled to examine petitions on the following topics tomorrow:
- Percieved inappropriate standards related to dive industry legislation;
- Change in mandatory sentencing for murder convictions;
- The side effects of Roaccutane, a drug used to treat acne
- Microwave Sickness/Electrosensitivity
- Concerns related to fishing legislation
Chairman of the Committee Pádraig Mac Lochlainn says: “The Oireachtas petitions system is a direct channel for individual citizens and groups across Ireland to influence the parliamentary agenda. Creating a petition is simple and the process has been designed to be open, user-friendly and accessible to all. Tomorrow our Committee will have an opportunity to carefully consider a diverse series of petitions received, and how best to advance the concerns and suggestions in relation to delivery of public services.\"
The meeting takes place Wednesday 27 March in Committee Room 3, LH 2000 at 4 pm, and will commence in public session with the election of a Vice-Chairman. On considering petitions in private, public proceedings will re-commence at 5pm and can be viewed online here.
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
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