Petitions Committee to meet later today

The Committee will consider the following petitions:

•    Petition No P00009/17 – Assigning mandatory community service to people claiming job seeker’s allowance at minimum wage rate or greater.
•    Petition No P00011/17 – To re-route the Leinster Orbital North of Navan away from the Tara and Bru Na Boinne archaeological landscapes and to create a legally binding mechanism to allow early intervention in the case of large infrastructure affecting areas of National importance.
•    Petition No P00020/17 – Complaint against Ombudsman.
•    Petition No P00003/17 – Public consultation on the feasibility of developing a hemp industry.
•    Petition No P00023/16 – Acknowledgement of, and response to, correspondence by Government Ministers.

All petitions will be examined for their compliance with Standing Orders and decisions will be given in public session.

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