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Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration

24 May 2021

The Committee considers and reports to the Houses of the Oireachtas on the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the State bodies within the responsibility of the Department.

Date established: 30 Jul 2020

Date dissolved: 24 May 2021

House: 33rd Dáil, 26th Seanad

Latest Report

Parent's leave

The Committee has completed its pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Parent's Leave and Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2020. The Bill seeks to increase the period of parent’s leave from two weeks to five weeks to be taken in the first two years.

Press releases

24 May 2021, 14:00

Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration to consider National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028

17 May 2021, 15:45

Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration to meet Minister O’Gorman for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny on Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill

13 May 2021, 15:00

Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration invites written submissions on General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021

Recent videos

Tue, 18 May 2021

Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration

Topic: Pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (resu...

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Tue, 11 May 2021

Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration

Topic: Consideration of Ombudsman for Children Report entitled “Unmet Needs” (resumed)

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Tue, 27 Apr 2021

Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration

Topic: Pre-Legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (resu...

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Recent documents

Thu, 15 Jul 2021

Submission, the Association of Mixed Race Irish

Submission, the Association of Mixed Race Irish ()

Tue, 18 May 2021

Opening statement, Roderic O'Gorman T.D., Minister, Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Opening statement, Roderic O'Gorman T.D., Minister, Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth ()

Tue, 11 May 2021

Opening statement, Anne Rabbitte T.D., Minister, Department of Health

Opening statement, Anne Rabbitte T.D., Minister, Department of Health ()

Recent reports

Fri, 26 Feb 2021

Report on pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Parent's Leave and Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2020
Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Report on pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Parent's Leave and Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2020

Tue, 29 Dec 2020

Work Programme 2020/2021
Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Work Programme 2020/2021

Select committee

The select committee comprises only Dáil Members. It meets to consider legislation and Estimates relating to the relevant Department.

EU scrutiny

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EU scrutiny

All proposed EU legislation in the area of children and youth affairs is scrutinized by the committee and decisions are made regarding such proposals.

Committee contact details

The Committee was renamed on 24 May 2021 to the Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.


Queries about this Committee should be directed to cdei@oireachtas.ie.

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