24 Meith 2014, 15:04
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions will tomorrow afternoon consider another batch of public petitions received. Some of the petitions for consideration tomorrow relate to:
24 June 2014
- Regulation of Legal Profession (Mr Colm Murphy and 12 Supporting Petitioners)
- Examination of conduct of Child and Family Agency (formerly HSE) and its unqualified subcontractors and Director of Advocacy Office (Ms Christine O’Brien)
- Investigation of medical treatment in Waterford Regional Hospital and the Medical Centre in Kilkenny, Cork University Hospital and also the Medical Council of Ireland (Mr Martin Morris)
- Public Access to Dáil and Seanad (Mr Desmond FitzGerald)
Chairman of the Committee Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD says: “Our Committee looks forward to carefully considering petitions received from members of the public on a range of issues, including those calling for reform of the legal profession, an examination into the conduct of the HSE in relation to child welfare, medical treatment in the Southeast and public access to the Dáil and Seanad.”
“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. There is a standard form which we request all petitioners to complete, which is available at petitions.oireachtas.ie and can be completed and submitted online, emailed or sent by post.”
The meeting takes place tomorrow Wednesday 25 June in Committee Room 3, LH 2000 at 4 pm. It will commence in private session and is expected to revert to public session at 4:30 pm. Public proceedings can be viewed online here.
Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the move, through the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.
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Committee Membership
Deputies:
Richard Boyd-Barrett, Independent
Noel Harrington, Fine Gael
Michael Healy-Rae, Independent
Seamus Kirk, Fianna Fáil
Michael P. Kitt, Fianna Fáil
Pádraig MacLochlainn (Chairman), Sinn Fein
Helen McEntee, Fine Gael
Michelle Mulherin, Fine Gael
Derek Nolan (Vice-Chair), Labour
Patrick O'Donovan, Fine Gael
Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Sinn Féin
Sean Kenny, Labour
John Halligan, Independent
Jack Wall, Labour
Senators:
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, Sinn Féin
Jimmy Harte, Labour
Tony Mulcahy, Fine Gael
Susan O’Keeffe, Labour
Ned O'Sullivan, Fianna Fáil