Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen to discuss range of petitions

• Public Petition Number P00033/21: Call for a Citizens Assembly on the Irish Justice system; Policing, Crime and Rehabilitation (resumed);
• Public Petition Number 35/22: Amend Child Care Act 1991 to provide HIQA with the necessary powers to sanction Tusla, Child and Family Agency when it fails to meet its statutory obligations (resumed);
• Public Petition Number P00036/22: Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St John’s Emergency Departments (resumed);
• Public Petition Number P00009/23: Reform Irish Mental Health Services (resumed);
• Public Petition Number 24/23: Electric Scooter Safety, Standards and Requirements (resumed);
• Public Petition Number P00047/23: Cost of Generic Pain Relief Medications.

The Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen is a standing Committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas and has 11 Members, seven from the Dáil and four from the Seanad.

The meeting in the Committee Room 4 can be viewed live on Oireachtas TV.

Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.