Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development

Organisation name in original language

Category of human rights structure

Parliamentary structure/mechanism

Country

Ireland

Website URL

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/committees/34/social-protection-rural-and-communit…

Type(s) of body

Not applicable

Address

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Legal source(s)

  • Established following orders of the Dáil Éireann on 30 July 2020 and the Seanad Éireann on 25 September 2020.

Human rights capacity support

  • None

Functions

  • Scrutinises the work of the Department of Social Protection, the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht and their respective agencies and examines their expenditure and aspects related to policy and EU matters.

Specific mandates

Not applicable

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Ministers regularly appear before the committee, as do officers from all government departments.
  • The committee may invite any person to appear and frequently meets with representatives of civil society and accepts their submissions.

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • None

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