7 Beal 2013, 14:13
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications will tomorrow meet with the Minister of State with responsibility for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring TD to discuss the upcoming Council of Sports Ministers meeting.
7 May 2013
Taking place in the configuration of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council, Minister Ring will chair the meeting as part of the Irish EU Presidency.
Committee Chairman Tom Hayes TD says:” Our Committee has an important oversight role on the Government’s interaction with the European Union on policy related to the Departments of Transport, Tourism and Sport as well as of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. We will engage with Minister Ring on the approach he proposes to take as chair of the forthcoming Council, which takes place in Brussels on 17 May.”
Tomorrow’s meeting, which will also include consideration of two EU legislative proposals, takes place as part of a wide-ranging Oireachtas programme in relation to Europe week.
Deputy Hayes continues: “Our Committee will also carefully consider two important EU legislative proposals tomorrow. The first proposal COM(2013)130 establishes common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights. COM(2013)147 aims to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks.”
The Committee meeting takes place tomorrow Wednesday 8 May at 9:30 am in Committee Room 4. It will commence scrutiny of EU legislative proposals.
Proceedings be viewed online here.
For further information contact:
Paul Hand,
Communications Unit,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
P: +3531 618 4484
M: +353 87 694 9926
Committee Membership
Deputies
Michael Colreavy, Sinn Féin
Timmy Dooley, Fianna Fáil
Dessie Ellis, Sinn Féin
Terence Flanagan, Fine Gael
Tom Fleming, Independent
Noel Harrington, Fine Gael
Tom Hayes, Fine Gael (Chairman)
Seán Kenny, Labour
Eamonn Moloney, Labour
Michael Moynihan, Fianna Fáil
Patrick O’Donovan, Fine Gael
John O’Mahony, Fine Gael (Vice-Chairman)
Ann Phelan, Labour
Brian Walsh, Fine Gael
Senators
Terry Brennan
Sean D. Barrett
Eamonn Coghlan
Paschal Mooney
Ned O’Sullivan
John Whelan