Committee Reports::Annual Report of the Joint Committee on Public Enterprise and Transport, 1998 -1999::27 January, 2000::Appendix

APPENDIX 8

Oireachtas Committee on Public Enterprise and Transport

Work Programme 2000

A JOINT COMMITTEE

Issues for consideration:


1.Sectors


(a)Inland Transport


Follow up on recommendations in Joint Committee’s Report on Public Transport


(b)Aviation


-Air Safety


-Airspace Management


-International Services


-Regional Services


-Aer Lingus Group


-Aer Rianta


-Irish Aviation Authority.


(c)Energy


-Security, Efficiency & Continuity of Supply


-Environment


-Electricity/ESB


-Alternative energy sources


-Gas/Bord Gáis Éireann


-Peat/Bord na Móna


-Oil/Irish National Petroleum Corporation.


(d)Communications


-Telecommunications

-Multi-Channel Television/Cablelink/Telecommunications Regulator

-Information Society


-Postal Services


-An Post.


(e)Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland


Electromagnetic Fields (E.M.F.)/Non-Ionising Radiation.


2. Common Issues to Commercial State Companies


-Impact of Competition


-State ownership


-Department’s role


-Regulation.


3.Policy/Administration


-Strategy Statement of Department


(i)Policy with Minister/Minister for State


(ii)Administration with Secretary General/Designated Offices


-Policy of bodies under the aegis of the Department (12 bodies)


-The annual reports or annual reports and accounts, strategy statements/corporate plans of the bodies under the aegis of the Department of Public Enterprise.


4.ESB role in water levels in Shannon Region.


5.The Grand Bargain, Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and International Security.


6.Such other matters as the Committee may decide


7.Travel


As considered necessary by the Committee having regard to its financial allocation.


B DÁIL SELECT COMMITTEE

Consideration of:


-Bills referred to the Committee by Dáil Éireann


-Estimates for Public Services under the aegis of the Department of Public Enterprise.