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Monday 30 November 2020
The Tánaiste said if people borrow money, they have a responsibility to pay it back.
The Tánaiste faced numerous question on the ongoing controversy today.
Varadkar said it is under consideration for “certain circumstances”.
Leo Varadkar says he does not “as standard” retain text messages, but retains official emails
Taoiseach Micheál Martin subsequently apologised to Michael Healy-Rae.
The controversy was described as a “shambles” in the Dáil today.
A number of concerns about how welfare payments were cut if citizens travelled abroad have been raised.
“There’s a big difference between Portmagee and Dame Lane,” said TD Michael Healy Rae.
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty raised the issue of the banks charging interest on mortgages that have availed of pandemic payment breaks.
Some 1,500 Debenhams workers in Ireland have lost their jobs.
Micheál Martin says Hiqa should compile a report on what happened.
Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin hit out against the Taoiseach today stating that waiting lists for children are “quite shocking”.
Fianna Fáil deputy leader Dara Calleary told the Tánaiste that “Good media is dying on the vine while you whistle by the graveyard”.
Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl addressed the Dáil on the matter before Leaders’ Questions today.
The Taoiseach’s comments come after reports that the UK’s proposal to replace the backstop is a series of customs posts.
The Taoiseach says the Data Commissioner has declined to meet with Minister Doherty.
The Green Party leader spoke to TheJournal.ie while on a clean up in Donnybrook.
Calls for an online safety Oireachtas committee were heard in the Dáil today.
Noonan was minister for justice during the period Majella Moynihan faced censure.
The Taoiseach said he will make a decision on the final bidder before Easter.
There were also calls for the HSE and Tusla to be included in the new garda review of murders in the home.
Ruth Coppinger TD told the Dáil she had been contacted by a woman who shared her story.
Work is underway to ensure the public procurement process is more robust, particularly for large-scale projects.
Simon Harris had been warned on numerous occasions that his announcement of free repeat smear tests was “dangerous” .
Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty said the staff of Irish hospitals have acted with responsibility and in a mature manner and stated that the government has decided to “disengage”.
Leo Varadkar claimed that “when it comes to law and order” and the Sinn Féin party, “It doesn’t take very long for your balaclava to slip.”
The changes will kick in in January 2020.
TD Ruth Coppinger said it was time for ‘rape myths’ to be dispelled with in court cases,
The Taoiseach says hospitals effectively close down over the Christmas period and that needs to end.
Howlin said calls to the Social Protection helpline have been going unanswered.
Due to the upsurge in the number of women presenting for their smear test, there is now a backlog of 60,000.
Naughten has been under pressure after it emerged he attended a dinner with David McCourt in July.
Coveney was standing in for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who is in Brussels to meet the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.
She also said that fears about how Brexit will affect Ireland was turning people off the idea.
Leo Varadkar said he wanted to give assurances today that such a measure is not being considered by government.
The hiring of private investigators by government departments was reported upon in last weekend’s Sunday Business Post.
The first Dáil sitting since the country voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment takes place this afternoon.
“It is a stain on all our doors, it is a stain on all of us,” Labour’s Alan Kelly told his Dáil colleagues today.
The issue dominated large chunks of Leaders’ Questions today.
The Taoiseach said the government still do not know all the facts surrounding the CervicalCheck scandal.
IT’S THE LAST day of November, so it’s safe to say the Christmas countdown has well and truly begun.
With everything that has happened in 2020 so far, many people have chosen to bring a bit Christmas cheer into their lives earlier than usual this year, and decorations have been going up in households around the country for a number of weeks now.
But others are still sticking to their usual traditions and waiting until December to put the tree up.
So, today we want to know: When are you putting up your Christmas tree?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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