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# dail - Saturday 15 June, 2013
Dáil bar racked up over €145,000 in profits last year
The restaurant and bar combined made total sales of over one million euro in 2012.
# dail - Thursday 13 June, 2013
Pearse Doherty: Sinn Féin is committed to abolishing the property tax
After the rejection of Sinn Féin’s bill to repeal property tax legislation last night, Pease Doherty writes that the tax could be the tipping point for families across the state.
Gilmore: ‘I will not condemn the Catholic Church or any other church’
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said all organisations, including the Catholic Church, has a right to voice their opinion on the abortion issue.
# dail - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
Sinn Féin’s bill to repeal the local property tax rejected
Speaking ahead of the vote this evening, the party’s Brian Stanley vowed to “continue to campaign against [the tax] at every opportunity” if it was not accepted.
# dail - Saturday 8 June, 2013
Revealed: At least 6 Fianna Fáil TDs and most senators to oppose abortion bill
With a free vote, at least a dozen TDs and senators from the main opposition party are likely to oppose the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill, according to a survey carried out by TheJournal.ie.
Politics is a “blame game”, says Burton Exclusive
The Minister also told TheJournal.ie that she accepts her colleague Minister Alan Shatter’s explanation over the Wallace controversy.
# dail - Thursday 6 June, 2013
McDowell: There are no muppets in the Seanad, but there are clowns in the Dáil
Former Tánaiste Michael McDowell is arguing for the retention and the reform of the Seanad.
# dail - Wednesday 5 June, 2013
The 5 at 5: Wednesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# dail - Friday 31 May, 2013
Martin: ‘Wrong to say someone who supports abortion bill is pro-abortion’
The Fianna Fáil leader said that Catholics should be free to vote with their conscience on the issue.
# dail - Wednesday 29 May, 2013
Dáil suspended – twice – as opposition criticises time to debate pay cuts
Opposition TDs also demanded to know why almost three-quarters of their proposed amendments were ruled out of order.
TD slams ‘blatant abuses of power’ after being suspended from the Dáil
Catherine Murphy got her marching orders this morning and later questioned whether what is happening in the Dáil is constitutional.
Taoiseach on creche controversy: ‘God knows what has happened in other locations’
Enda Kenny told the Dáíl this morning that the government needed to the get the provision of childcare in Ireland right.
# dail - Tuesday 28 May, 2013
Shatter: ‘Do I think it was a mistake to mention the incident surrounding Deputy Wallace? …Of course I do’
Alan Shatter admits to an error of judgement, but defends his record, as the Dáil begins debating a motion of no confidence.
Kenny: ‘The difference is Wallace broke the law, and Shatter didn’t’
The Taoiseach is pressed on why a report exists of Mick Wallace’s encounter with Gardaí, but none of Alan Shatter’s.
Shatter: ‘No garda report generated on breathalyser incident’
An official statement from the Justice Minister came after inquiries made by the Garda Commissioner to local garda management.
# dail - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
Communications between Callinan and Shatter are ‘of a confidential nature’
Yesterday evening the justice minister said it was the Garda Commmissioner who informed him that Mick Wallace benefited from garda discretion.
# dail - Saturday 18 May, 2013
Constitutional Convention won’t discuss Seanad abolition
The members of the convention voted by 57 to 41 per cent not to write to the Taoiseach seeking an opportunity to discuss the abolition of the chamber.
# dail - Friday 17 May, 2013
Column: Seanad reform suggestions are practical but limit real bicameral change
While there are practical arguments for a bill that requires no constitutional change, it limits any reform across the whole legislative body, writes Eoin O’Malley.
# dail - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Oireachtas agenda: Taxi regulation, garda salaries and women’s rights
Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan is due before the Public Accounts Committee today.
# dail - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Personal Insolvency service will be available to gardaí
The Minister for Defence Alan Shatter said that there was nothing in the Garda Code, the Discipline Regulations or the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 which would prevent gardaí from availing of the service.
Taoiseach has ‘no intention of playing party politics’ over abortion issue
Enda Kenny responds to calls for a Constitutional referendum on abortion during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil today.
# dail - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Poll: Should there be one TD per constituency?
Should there be one TD per constituency – or should we keep the current system?
Do you want to change the way we elect TDs?
The Constitutional Convention is seeking submissions on possible reforms to the way Irish politicians are elected to Dáil Éireann.
# dail - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
Explainer: A crash course on how the abortion proposals will become law
So – we now have a draft ‘heads of bill’. Here’s what happens as the Government tries to turn it into law.
# dail - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Taoiseach hopes draft abortion legislation can be published this evening
Enda Kenny was speaking in the Dáil this afternoon after the Cabinet had earlier suspended its meeting without agreement on a draft abortion law.
Cabinet expected to approve draft abortion legislation today
Coalition partners Fine Gael and Labour are due to set out conditions under which abortions can be legally carried out in Ireland.
# dail - Monday 29 April, 2013
Taoiseach pays tribute to former Fine Gael junior minister Dick Barry
The former publican and auctioneer from Fermoy, Co Cork was first elected to the Dáil in 1953.
# dail - Saturday 27 April, 2013
Battle of the Opposition parties: Gerry Adams takes on Fianna Fáil over ‘hypocrisy’
Adams rounded on the party for its political opportunism.
# dail - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
# dail - Monday 22 April, 2013
Oireachtas debate tracker KildareStreet.com back in business
The website, which allows the public to keep track of debates in the Oireachtas, was knocked offline by changes within Leinster House.
# dail - Thursday 18 April, 2013
Poll: Do you support plans to sell the National Lottery?
The Dáil has passed leglisation to allow for the National Lottery licence to be sold.
# dail - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Taoiseach will not intervene in Shatter’s row with judges
Opposition TDs today called on Kenny to step in after the dispute broke out this week over judicial independence.
Helen McEntee describes first day in Dáil as “emotional”
The 26-year-old said it was “an honour” to take up the seat left vacant by her father, Shane.
# dail - Saturday 13 April, 2013
Is Galway West TD Noel Grealish joining Fianna Fáil?
The independent TD declined to comment when asked if he was interested in joining the party which itself has denied it has approached the former Progressive Democrat deputy.
# dail - Saturday 30 March, 2013
Column: What a week in the life of a backbench TD looks like
Debates, meetings, touching base with constituents, heading up to Meath East by-election, organising sand bags, reading the newspapers and having words with his colleagues – Kevin Humphreys recounts his busy schedule this week.
# dail - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Junior Minister admits banks have ‘hoodwinked’ the government
The Dáil debated a Fianna Fáil-proposed private members’ motion on the mortgage arrears crisis tonight but it was easily defeated by the government’s majority.
Taoiseach: No one will be forced to quit job if childcare exceeds salary
It disputes comments made by Minister Leo Varadkar who said that childcare costs would have to be taken into consideration in insolvency arrangements.
# dail - Thursday 21 March, 2013
20,000 people over 70 to lose medical cards under new legislation
However Minister of State Alex White said that medical card coverage of the over 70s population stands at 97 per cent.
Opposition TDs criticise ‘low’ number of local property tax exemptions
While 43,000 households were exempted from last year’s household charge, only 5,100 households have been exempted from the local property tax.
# dail - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Government expects “detailed proposals” from banks on salary reduction
Simon Coveney said today that the pillar banks had been contacted by the government about proposals to reduce salary levels.
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