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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
Updates: Leaders' Questions and Oireachtas committees It was a busy day in politics, with developments on the water charges issue, and Dáil statements on Brexit. Politics • 05 Apr 17
Three towns excluded from final rent cap list Three towns that were identified as rent pressure zones in a report to the Minister for Housing were not included in the Government's extended rent ... News • 03 Feb 17
