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Ibec told the committee that the current system of occupational pensions is delivering

Ibec sounds warning about pensions auto enrolment plan

If automatic enrolment in pensions is not handled correctly then our entire pensions framework is under threat, businesses have told an Oireachtas committee.

Business • 25 Jan

KBC Bank Ireland's chief said the need for a high level of investment combined with a small market made it difficult to secure a return

KBC CEO says scale needed to make return in Ireland

The chief executive of departing KBC Bank Ireland has said he would probably not advise anyone to set up a full scale retail bank in …

Business • 01 Dec 21

The Tánaiste was responding to Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty

Tánaiste: First-time buyers compete more with State

The Tánaiste has told the Dáil that first time buyers were "more likely to be competing with the State than they are with investment funds", …

Politics • 01 Jul 21

The Judicial Council will consider the issue on Saturday

Oireachtas committee wants personal injury awards cut

An Oireachtas committee has called on judges to dramatically reduce the level of minor personal injury awards when they meet this weekend to consider the …

Business • 17 Feb 21

Lending to SMEs is concentrated around three banks, so the loss of any one of them could have a major impact on the availability of credit, Mr Sibley said

Ulster Bank exiting Irish market could hit SMEs: Sibley

An exit by Ulster Bank from Ireland could lead to a concerning reduction in competition in the SME lending market, the deputy governor of the …

Business • 16 Dec 20

Michael McNamara has been elected as the chairperson of the new committee

Holohan to be asked to come before new Dáil committee

The Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health will be asked to be the first witness to come before the new Dáil committee on …

Politics • 12 May 20

Only 27 TDs are allowed to sit in the chamber at any one time during the Covid-19 crisis

Safety experts recommend Leinster House isolation room

Safety experts have recommended that an isolation room is established in Leinster House to quarantine any employee feeling unwell with Covid-19 symptoms.

Coronavirus • 06 May 20

69 politicians have unpaid restaurant bills

TDs, senators facing €20,000 unpaid Dáil bar bills

TDs and senators are facing combined unpaid Oireachtas bar and restaurants bills of almost €20,000 more than a year-and-a-half ago after a new system was …

Politics • 30 Dec 19

Shane Ross said all the bills were paid by him personally

Ross invited 507 guests to Dáil restaurant this year

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross had almost double the number of diners in the Oireachtas Members' Restaurant than the rest of his …

Politics • 21 Aug 19

Oireachtas Committee to discuss crèches concerns

Officials from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, are due to appear before an Oireachtas committee next week to discuss revelations contained in an RTÉ …

Ireland • 01 Aug 19

The 1918 general election was the first time women voted in Ireland

Flanagan wants to see more women contest elections

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has said Ireland remains an unfinished democracy because of the under-representation of women in the Dáil.

Election 1918 • 14 Dec 18

The Irish Women's Parliamentary Caucus meets every two months

Dublin event brings together female parliamentarians

In September, representatives of parliaments across the world will gather in Dublin Castle. All of them will be women. The gathering of women's caucuses will …

Politics • 22 Jul 18

Minister Bruton thanked TDs and Senators for their co-operation in getting bill passed

Schools admissions bill passes all stages in Oireachtas

A new law prohibiting over-subscribed schools from discriminating in the area of school admissions on the basis of religion has been passed.

Politics • 10 Jul 18

Transport Minister Shane Ross is spearheading the Bill through the Oireachtas

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill debate adjourned

The Dáil debate on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 has adjourned for the night but TDs will have to come back and debate the …

News • 23 May 18

Call for drug savings to be reinvested in general practice

Cttee told of €2bn annual spend on medicines

The Irish College of General Practitioners has said that the increase in chronic disease and an ageing population has meant a rise in the dispensing …

Health • 21 Mar 18

Irish Water members are before the housing committee

Irish Water quizzed over excessive charge plans

The Chief Executive of Irish Water's parent company, Ervia, has told an Oireachtas committee that the move to a single public utility will free up …

Ireland • 22 Feb 18

GMB regional organiser for Ireland Denise Walker

Film industry workers bullied and harassed, say unions

Unions representing film industry workers have said issues of bullying, harassment, mistreatment of workers, breaches of health and safety and unsafe working practices have been …

Ireland • 13 Feb 18

Debate over benefit of employment schemes

Committee told of failures in unemployment schemes

Government systems to assist the unemployed find work are failing to help those who need it most, an Oireachtas committee was told.

Politics • 25 Jan 18

Oireachtas Women's Caucus outisde Leinster House today

Oireachtas women in gender quota legislation call

The Chair of the Oireachtas Women's Caucus has said the group is intending to move legislation in the Dáil next year to set gender quotas …

Politics • 15 Nov 17

Brendan Howlin says there is insufficient space to cut taxes in next month's Budget

Labour says 'no scope' for tax cuts as Dáil returns

Labour leader Brendan Howlin has urged the Taoiseach to accept that there is no scope for tax cuts in next month's Budget.

Politics • 20 Sep 17

Fergal O'Brien was speaking before the Budgetary Oversight Committee

IBEC warns against cutting Universal Social Charge

IBEC has warned an Oireachtas Committee against cutting the Universal Social Charge.

News • 20 Sep 17

European Commission recommends maintaining USC

The European Commission's latest post-surveillance report on Ireland suggests that the USC should be maintained.

Ireland • 29 Jun 17

Politics: Cabinet, Leaders' Questions & Committees

All of the day's political developments as they happened.

News • 27 Jun 17

A formal invitation must still be forwarded by the Dáil Business Committee to Michael Barnier

Brexit negotiator may be invited to address Oireachtas

The European Union's chief negotiator on Brexit, Michel Barnier, could address a joint sitting of the Dáil and Seanad next month.

News • 26 Apr 17

Jonathan Sugarman, who was risk manager in UniCredit, has claimed that prompt action in 2007 might have avoided the need for a blanket guarantee and bailout of the Irish banks

Whistleblower Sugarman appears before finance committee

The Oireachtas finance committee is to ask the Central Bank to supply it with documents relating to the case of Jonathan Sugarman, a banker who …

Business • 13 Apr 17