# dail-eireann - Friday 4 January, 2013
# Political Pensions
# Political Pensions
Current TDs contribute 6 per cent of their own salary towards their pension – but that’ll rise to 13 per cent for any new ones.
# dail-eireann - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
# Busybodies
# Busybodies
The Dáil sat on 123 days last year – the most in its history, beating records set in the 1920s.
# CSPE 101
# CSPE 101
The forthcoming legislation on abortion will put the workings of the Oireachtas under a fresh spotlight. Here’s how the lawmaking process works.
# dail-eireann - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
# Hacking
# Hacking
The Houses of the Oireachtas ICT unit is investigating a possible attempt to hack the voicemail boxes of Oireachtas members and their staff in Leinster House.
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
Enda Kenny regrets Bank of Ireland’s decision on credit card rates, but says the issue is one for the Financial Regulator.
# dail-eireann - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
# Budget 2013
# Budget 2013
While the Seanad votes on welfare cuts and PRSI hikes, the Dáil holds its final debates on the new property tax.
# dail-eireann - Monday 17 December, 2012
# Leinster House
# Leinster House
TDs will discuss the Expert Group report on the A, B and C ruling, and legislation hoping to make pharmacies cheaper.
# dail-eireann - Thursday 13 December, 2012
# Suspended
# Suspended
Padraig Mac Lochlainn, who is serving a three-day suspension, was let vote once – but not a second time.
# dail-eireann - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
# Penalty Points
# Penalty Points
The justice minister says fewer than 300 alleged driving offences are being questioned, out of a total of almost 1.5 million.
# Budget 2013
# Budget 2013
The Social Welfare Bill, which gives legal effect to cuts to the respite care grant and other changes, will be debated this week.
# Leinster House
# Leinster House
James Reilly formally asks for a €360 million HSE bailout today, as the Dáil also debates Sinn Féin’s motion of no confidence.
# dail-eireann - Thursday 6 December, 2012
# All In The Family
# All In The Family
Pat Rabbitte told Barry Cowen his surname meant he should butt out of Dáil debates. He later apologised.
# Dress Code
# Dress Code
Luke Flanagan took issue with Seán Barrett’s newspaper interviews in which he asks for sharper dress in the Dáil.
# dail-eireann - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
# Budget 2013
# Budget 2013
There’s speeches, then resolutions, and then a handful of Bills. So how does it all work – and when does it kick in?
# dail-eireann - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
# Coast Guard
# Coast Guard
Value for money reviews into the Coast Guard lead to fears about the future of the Marine Rescue Coordination Centres at Dublin, Valentia and Malin.
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
The Taoiseach tells Pearse Doherty that cabinet ministers only receive about a tenth of the accommodation allowances that TDs do.
# Leinster House
# Leinster House
Today’s business at Leinster House will include a debate on employment rights for immigrants of questionable working status.
# dail-eireann - Tuesday 27 November, 2012
# Leinster House
# Leinster House
Two Government departments, and two state bodies, are seeking extra funding in today’s business at Leinster House.
# dail-eireann - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
# Protest
# Protest
Thousands took to the streets in Dublin to demand equal rights – and no cuts in resources – for those with disabilities.
# dail-eireann - Tuesday 20 November, 2012
# Abortion
# Abortion
Sinn Féin’s motion also demands the immediate publication of the report of the Expert Group into the A, B and C ruling.
# Savita
# Savita
Dáil procedures mean a minister can almost unilaterally replace an opposition motion with one more favourable to the government.
# dail-eireann - Friday 16 November, 2012
# Bankers' Pay
# Bankers' Pay
Sinn Féin says Michael Noonan is ‘feigning outrage’ at bankers pay, but doing little to encourage staff to take pay cuts.
# dail-eireann - Thursday 15 November, 2012
# Bankers' Pay
# Bankers' Pay
Michael Noonan says he “shares the outrage of the public” on bankers pay, but there are “legal constraints” in tackling it.
# dail-eireann - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
# Savita
# Savita
Demonstrators sat on the ground during a moment of silence, while speakers argued for legislation on abortion.
# Savita
# Savita
Watch the full 32-minute debate between James Reilly and seven opposition TDs on the death of Savita Halappanavar.
# Savita
# Savita
James Reilly says TDs’ comments could prejudge the findings of two investigations into the death of Savita Halappanavar, who died after being refused a termination procedure.
# dail-eireann - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
# Bankers' Pay
# Bankers' Pay
Enda Kenny says the AIB chief has written to former executives, asking them to recall their ‘moral responsibility’.
# dail-eireann - Monday 29 October, 2012
# Investigation
# Investigation
Fine Gael TD Simon Harris has called for the powerful Dáil committee to investigate Irish overseas aid following the misappropriation of millions of euro sent to Uganda.
# dail-eireann - Thursday 25 October, 2012
# Mid-term Break
# Mid-term Break
A rare moment of unanimity in the Dáil chamber…
# dail-eireann - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
# Sick Pay
# Sick Pay
The Dáil voted 70-45 in favour of a Government counter-motion noting that the Cabinet hasn’t yet approved the plans.
# dail-eireann - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
“Surely you don’t expect me to tell what questions I had for the Chancellor, or what questions the Chancellor had for me.”
# dail-eireann - Saturday 20 October, 2012
# Mary O'Rourke
# Mary O'Rourke
The former Fianna Fáil minister gave a frank and entertaining interview to Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Show last night.
# dail-eireann - Wednesday 17 October, 2012
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
Enda Kenny said that the personal insolvency legislation coming in next year would help those in mortgage distress as yesterday’s comments from the Central Bank’s Fiona Muldoon dominated proceedings in the Dáil.
# dail-eireann - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
# Technical Group
# Technical Group
The independent TD is “completely fed up” with Mick Wallace’s actions and doesn’t want him inside the technical group.
# dail-eireann - Tuesday 9 October, 2012
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
Enda Kenny says AIB needs to return to profitability if it is to avoid needing further State support.
# dail-eireann - Thursday 4 October, 2012
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
The Tánaiste says locating individual sites in towns put forward for primary centres was done by the HSE.
# Martin Schulz
# Martin Schulz
Martin Schulz told the Dáil the public must have trust in European leaders – who therefore have to act on their promises.
# dail-eireann - Wednesday 3 October, 2012
# Primary Care
# Primary Care
The Ceann Comhairle has permitted a ‘private notice question’ to be tabled by Sinn Féin for discussion later this afternoon.
# dail-eireann - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
# Primary Care
# Primary Care
Fianna Fáil has tabled a “special notice question”, seeking an urgent explanation from James Reilly on his selection criteria.
# dail-eireann - Monday 1 October, 2012
# Allowances
# Allowances
224 of the 226 members of the Dáil and Seanad were paid allowances in August, even though both houses were in recess.
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