The mandate of the first is to guard against legislative invasion of individual rights, the second to guard the public purse, the third and fourth to stand ...

Committees of inquiry are a commonly used oversight instrument in parliaments around the world and may be used to investigate important cases of corruption ...

Parliamentary oversight allows legislators to monitor the implementation of laws, policies, public budgets, compliance with international agreements, and ...

Parliament can also establish a general oversight committee, which coordi- nates the oversight work of other permanent committees. An oversight com- mittee can ...

These committees are the “engine rooms” of Parliament's oversight and legislative work. Committees scrutinise legislation, oversee government action, and ...

Parliamentary oversight committees are one response to this challenge, one that places Parliament in a supervisory or monitoring role, maintaining oversight of ...

The Guide looks in detail at how committees undertake oversight inquiries and publish reports based on the findings and conclusions of these inquiries.

Parliamentary oversight is one of the core functions of parliament. Its aims are to promote people's freedoms and well-being, and to improve accountability ...

The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on the Security Sector examines the policies and administration of the entities in the security sector, namely the ...

The Committee considers matters relating to the parliamentary privileges attaching to membership of Dáil Éireann and oversees procedure generally. The Committee ...