State committee to accept public petitions

The public will soon be able to submit petitions to an Oireachtas committee calling for investigations into issues they believe merit attention.

The proposed structure of the new cross-party committee on public service oversight and petitions is expected to be approved in the Oireachtas today.

The committee hopes that by mid-February it will have the infrastructure in place to have the petitions system up and running and be able to invite submissions from citizens.