27 May 2014, 15:42
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions will tomorrow afternoon consider another batch of public petitions received.
27 May 2014
The petitions relate to:
- Perceived breach of European law on competition, freedom of establishment and free movement of workers (Christophe Krief)
- The medical criteria of Disabled Drivers and Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 SI 353 of 1994, treats upper limb amputees less favourably than lower limb amputees (Ursula Widmer)
- The State’s failure to provide an independent process of appeal against a VEC’s refusal to provide qualified pay or increments for prior approved teaching service in the EU. (Hugh Rance)
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 related to perceived breaches of European law, a perceived anomaly in regulations on tax relief on vehicles for amputees and the lack of an independent appeals process against a VEC decision.”
“Committee Members continue to encourage any individual citizen or group with concerns around the delivery of public services to make a petition, which will be carefully considered by the Committee. 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 28 May 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.
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Committee Membership
Deputies:
Richard Boyd-Barrett, Independent
Charles Flanagan, Fine Gael
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