Tasks and responsibilities

The tasks and responsibilities of the Senior Citizens Committee can be subdivided into two primary areas:

• handling of Bills and motions
• parliamentary scrutiny of government work

The committee also ensures that it maintains a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of senior citizen political agendas.

Parliamentary scrutiny is exercised through, e.g. the committee members’ tabling questions to the Minister for Senior Citizens or other ministers. Questions can be tabled in four ways: as questions in committee, to which the minister responds in writing, as questions in consultation, to which the minister is invited to respond orally at a meeting, Section 20 questions and enquiries.

The committee also calls so-called expert meetings and hearings, which are either open or closed to the public.

Organisations and members of the public are welcome to contact the Senior Citizens Committee in writing or to make an appointment for an audience if they wish to notify the committee of a topic within its remit.