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Enda Kenny said he did not accept that there is a property bubble

'Up to 15,000' houses could be completed this year

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said he believes that between 14,000 and 15,000 new houses will be completed this year compared to 8,900 last year.

News • 24 Jul 14

Joan Burton made her comments in a speech at the MacGill Summer School in Glenties

Burton calls for regular Constitutional Convention

Tánaiste Joan Burton has called for the Constitutional Convention to become a regular feature of public life, meeting every five or ten years.

News • 21 Jul 14

Pascal Donohoe, Alan Kelly, Jan O’Sullivan, Alex White and Heather Humphreys have joined the Cabinet

Taoiseach says new Cabinet to focus on jobs

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has announced a Cabinet reshuffle, and promised an unrelenting focus on the domestic economy and on job creation.

News • 12 Jul 14

Joan Burton and Enda Kenny are understood to have been concentrating on policy areas

Taoiseach & Tánaiste due to meet again tomorrow

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tánaiste Joan Burton are expected to meet tomorrow as contacts continue to agree a programme to refocus government priorities and reassign Cabinet portfolios.

News • 09 Jul 14

Joan Burton and Enda Kenny held one-to-one discussions for several hours yesterday

Kenny & Burton talks on Cabinet to resume tomorrow

Talks between Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tánaiste Joan Burton on their priorities in government and the Cabinet reshuffle will resume tomorrow morning.

News • 09 Jul 14

Joan Burton was elected leader of the Labour Party on Friday

Noonan expects 'significant' Cabinet reshuffle

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said he expects a "significant" Cabinet reshuffle and that it would be announced by Wednesday.

News • 08 Jul 14

Joan Burton said officers have discretionary powers to award supplements

Dáil told of new protocol to protect family homes

The Minister for Social Protection has told the Dáil that a special protocol has been established to protect families at risk of losing their homes.

News • 10 Jun 14

Alex White claimed Taoiseach had looked to fire former garda commissioner Martin Callinan

Kenny denies White claims over garda commisioner

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he has no comment on Minister of State at the Department of Health Mr White’s comments that he had "looked to fire" Mr Callinan.

News • 06 Jun 14

Alex White and Joan Burton are the only candidates to replace Eamon Gilmore

Nominations close for Labour Party roles

Joan Burton and Alex White are the only two candidates in the race for Labour Party leader.

News • 03 Jun 14

Seán Sherlock, Michael McCarthy and Alan Kelly have confirmed they will challenge for the deputy leadership

Three TDs running for Labour deputy leadership

Alan Kelly, Michael McCarthy and Seán Sherlock have all declared their candidacies for the position of deputy leader of the Labour Party, while Alex White is set to declare his leadership ambitions in the morning.

News • 30 May 14

Joan Burton will run for leadership of the Labour Party

Burton says wrong for Labour to leave Government

Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton has said it would be really wrong of the Labour Party to walk away from Government and cause instability.

News • 30 May 14

Pearse Doherty said there is a role for ECB officials in the inquiry

Doherty says ECB officials should be at bank probe

Officials from the European Central Bank should appear before the Oireachtas Banking Inquiry, according to Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty.

News • 18 May 14

Joan Burton signalled there would be no new cuts to social welfare or education spending

Burton says no more welfare, education cuts

Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton has signalled that there will be no requirement for cuts in social welfare or education spending in this year's Budget

News • 04 May 14

The Department of Social Protection has been carrying out data-matching with Government departments

Man in receipt of welfare had €400,000 on deposit

Around €10m has been recovered through new data-matching measures, among them a man who was in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance found to have close to €400,000 on deposit with a financial institution.

News • 24 Apr 14

Joan Burton said it would be preferable if Eamon Gilmore was able to work full-time in a ministry at home

Burton hopes Gilmore moves to 'home' ministry

Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton has said it would be "very positive" if Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore moved from the Department of Foreign Affairs to a domestic ministry.

News • 07 Apr 14

Several Cabinet ministers have called for Martin Callinan to withdraw his whistleblower remarks

Calls for end to whistleblower controversy

The Minister for Education is the latest member of the Cabinet to call on the Garda Commissioner to bring an end to the controversy surrounding the garda whistleblowers.

News • 21 Mar 14

Parade organisers say the rules will not be changed

NY parade organisers 'hurt' over boycott

Organisers of the New York St Patrick's Day parade have said they feel hurt and disappointment by the decisions of Mayor Bill de Blasio and Minister Joan Burton to boycott this year's parade.

News • 24 Feb 14

Joan Burton rejected a reference to staff in her department as 'henchmen'

Burton defends inspection checks on widows

Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton has defended random inspections to check if widows have re-married or are cohabiting.

News • 27 Jan 14

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said he promised there would be no return to the policies that caused the crash

Tánaiste addresses Labour Party conference

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has addressed the Labour Party Conference in Kerry where he highlighted the progress towards economic recovery that has been made in the 1,000 days since his party went into Government.

News • 01 Dec 13

Joan Burton said the changes to defined pension schemes were about fairness

Burton defends pension scheme changes

Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton has said changes to the rules of defined benefit pension schemes are about delivering fairness.

News • 20 Nov 13

Joan Burton said the letter sent to homeowners by Revenue was very 'technical'

Revenue criticised over property tax letter

Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton has said the Revenue Commissioners will have to communicate better in relation to the options available to people for paying the Local Property Tax.

News • 04 Nov 13

Joan Burton has warned that the Department of Social Protection is facing demographic pressures which must be addressed in the Budget

Burton warns of welfare demographic pressures

Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton has said the demographic pressures facing her department will have to be taken into account in the upcoming Budget.

News • 14 Oct 13