# Committee

This month

March 2023

# Finance committee

Homeowners with €6,000 owed on mortgage given repossession orders, committee told

An Oireachtas committee was told non-banking entities own more than 56% of all domestic mortgages in arrears.

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Mar 8th 2023, 6:42 PM

Last month

February 2023

# dying with dignity bill

Government 'dragging its heels' on forming committee on assisted dying, says Gino Kenny

The committee to discuss the ethical and constitutional issues of assisted dying has not yet been filled with members of the Oireachtas.

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Feb 13th 2023, 3:37 PM

Last year

2022

# Renting

Quarter of small landlords likely to sell rental properties in next five years, Committee to hear

The Joint Committee on Housing will meet at 3pm to discuss recent trends in the private rental sector.

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Nov 29th 2022, 8:04 AM

# Housing

DCC 'confident' of meeting target to deliver 895 new builds this year, Committee to hear

Dublin City Council CEO Owen Keegan will appear before an Oireachtas Committee later today.

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Oct 11th 2022, 6:15 AM

# Domestic Violence

Paid domestic violence leave should be based on an ‘honour system’, Oireachtas committee hears

Victims should be taken for their word when requesting time off from work, the committee has been told.

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Sep 22nd 2022, 2:40 PM

# Emergency

'Immediate steps' should be taken to protect Ireland's hedgerows, committee to hear

The Agriculture Committee will hear from participants on hedgerows and the draft CAP Strategic Plan.

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Feb 9th 2022, 6:00 AM

# warning

RTÉ facing ‘existential moment’, Oireachtas committee hears

Moya Doherty, the chair of the RTÉ Board, warned of her deep concerns about the future of the broadcaster.

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Jan 26th 2022, 6:48 PM

# Housing

State has a role in 'de-risking' refurb of vacant homes for buyers, committee to be told

Housing committee to be told the costs of dereliction and vacancy in our cities, towns and villages “are very high in societal terms”.

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Jan 25th 2022, 6:00 AM

All time

# Decline

'It just goes from bad to worse. The IRFU committee need to stand up now'

Bernard Jackman spoke about the decline of Irish women’s rugby on The42 Rugby Weekly podcast.

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Nov 11th 2021, 3:56 PM

# Adoption

Agencies tasked with supporting adopted adults ‘not fit for purpose’, Committee hears

Findings from the Adoptee Voices report were presented to the Oireachtas Children’s committee today.

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Oct 5th 2021, 9:22 PM

# Health Committee

People asked not to contact Digital Covid Cert helpline unless travelling within next 10 days

Over 34,000 calls were made to the new Digital Covid Certificate helpline yesterday alone.

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Jul 21st 2021, 12:04 PM

# Children

‘I am not a vector’: Oireachtas committee hears from children affected by the pandemic

The Children’s Committee heard from a group of young people on their experiences since March 2020.

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Jun 22nd 2021, 7:30 PM

# Adoption

Adopted people seeking records ‘should be provided with counselling supports’, committee hears

Tusla CEO Bernard Gloster has said the provision of counselling should be underpinned by law.

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Jun 15th 2021, 9:05 PM

# Facebook

Facebook moderators facing toxic content told to take up ‘karaoke and painting’, Committee hears

A whistleblower has told a Dáil committee of the need for proper supports and better workers’ rights.

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May 12th 2021, 3:42 PM

# pandemic effects

Insurance companies ‘put up roadblocks’ to funding for film and TV industry, committee hears

Desiree Finnegan, chief executive of Screen Ireland, said the Covid-19 pandemic has affected every part of the industry.

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Dec 9th 2020, 10:10 PM

# Oireachtas Hearing

HSE chief: We can expect and should plan for further waves of Covid-19

Paul Reid is appearing in front of the Special Covid-19 Committee today to discuss the country’s testing systems.

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Sep 29th 2020, 7:15 AM

# covid committee

Education Minister Norma Foley says pupils will get priority testing in event of a Covid-19 outbreak in school

Foley is to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 this afternoon.

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Updated

Sep 2nd 2020, 8:56 PM

# Education

‘Significant’ amount of extra staff needed to reopen schools, Covid-19 committee told

Seán Ó Foghlú said students coming out of teaching college this year will be “a main source” of extra staffing.

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Jul 10th 2020, 12:32 PM

# INspections

Zero notices issued to employers following 800 back-to-work Covid-19 checks

Labour TD Ged Nash expressed concern about the figures this afternoon.

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Jun 9th 2020, 6:00 PM

# Michael McNamara

Oireachtas committee chair defends length of sitting after public health concerns

Former HSE chief Tony O’Brien questioned the length of the sitting.

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May 18th 2020, 4:13 PM

# Seanad

Any tariff increases would 'decimate' Ireland's food and drink imports to the UK - Brexit committee report

Dublin Port expects the number of freight units from outside the EU to rise from 200,000 to 1 million after Brexit.

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Dec 17th 2019, 11:06 AM

# Online abuse

Govt making 'little or no progress' against online abuse and child exploitation, committee told

The Justice Committee is examining issues such as cyberbullying, harassment, stalking and revenge porn.

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Oct 16th 2019, 9:35 PM

# prop life

Fines, Fukuoka and fried chicken cartilage - Furlong enjoying delights of Japan

The tighthead prop is set to return for Ireland against Samoa on Saturday.

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Oct 10th 2019, 1:00 AM

# Garda crime unit

An increasing number of children are sharing nude or sexually explicit photos on social media

The committee was told about a girl wanted to take her own life after an ex-boyfriend shared images of her without her permission.

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Oct 2nd 2019, 1:49 PM

# Public Services Card

Top civil servant not attending committee is 'an affront to democracy'

Chairperson John McGuinness says committee wants to discuss the cost of the PSC to date.

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Sep 21st 2019, 12:05 AM

AS IT HAPPENED

No early election as MPs vote to delay Brexit

It’s been a really odd day in Westminster – even by usual recent standards.

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Sep 4th 2019, 9:50 PM

# Committee

GAA's new fixtures task force to deliver recommendations by November

It includes Dublin CEO John Costello and representatives from the GPA and CPA.

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Jun 10th 2019, 4:26 PM

# John Delaney

Shane Ross and Sport Ireland to appear before committee over FAI today

Last week, the FAI appeared before the committee.

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Apr 16th 2019, 6:15 AM

# BACKLOG

Former CervicalCheck boss says Harris was warned that offering extra smear tests could cause delays

Micheál Martin said the decision was made by the government to “save their own skin and cover their own tracks”.

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Apr 3rd 2019, 12:59 PM

# savi report 2

Chief whip confirms national survey on sexual violence will take five years to complete

It’s been 17 years since the Savi – Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland – report, was published.

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Feb 28th 2019, 5:11 PM

# PAC it in

'Chilling effect': What could the Kerins case change about Dáil committees?

A significant judgement was handed down today against the “extraordinarily well-defended” privileges of the Oireachtas.

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Feb 27th 2019, 5:45 PM

# Intelligence

12 Russians accused of hacking Democrats in 2016 US election

The Kremlin denied anew that it tried to sway the election.

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Jul 13th 2018, 7:25 PM

# insecurity complex

UK and EU 'have spent only one hour' discussing how security is going to look post-Brexit

A new report says that ‘time is running out’ to sort out what the security relationship between the two entities will be after March 2019.

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Jul 11th 2018, 12:05 AM

# cervical check

Number of women affected by smear test scandal expected to increase

The Head of the National Screening Service Damien McCallion says more women will be contacted about their cancer test audits.

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Jun 14th 2018, 1:00 PM

# sex ed

Education committee sex ed hearing delayed as not enough senators to reach quorum

Among those due to give evidence were the Rape Crisis Network Ireland.

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Jun 12th 2018, 11:06 PM

# On the rise

Taoiseach declares homeless and housing crisis a national emergency

Leo Varadkar said the latest homeless figures are “disturbing”.

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Mar 29th 2018, 12:27 PM

# Homicides

Garda analysts 'were belittled and disrespected when they tried to highlight inaccurate homicide figures'

Two senior analysts were addressing an Oireachtas committee this morning.

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Mar 7th 2018, 12:03 PM

# the third degree

'If everything's fine, why's it being investigated?' - Social Protection peppered with tough questions over PSC

It emerged at today’s Oireachtas committee on social protection that roughly 450 people have had welfare payments suspended over failing to register for a Public Services Card.

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Feb 22nd 2018, 3:23 PM

# compensation

Tracker scandal: Just a quarter of PTSB customers who lost homes have appealed

Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said there was an “onus” on the banks to get in contact with these customers.

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Feb 6th 2018, 8:01 PM

# abortion laws

Eighth Amendment committee to vote on repealing the Eighth today

After the vote, the committee will begin drafting a report on its recommendations.

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Dec 13th 2017, 6:00 AM