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Thursday 13 May 2021
Róisín Shortall said the transfer of patronage was ‘a snail-paced programme’.
Martin said the HSE’s modelling is still based on delivering 450,000 doses per week by the middle of June.
Labour’s Aodhán Ó Riordán said the country can’t afford to lose another generation.
The Cabinet is due to meet next Tuesday and Thursday before signing off on plans for the easing of restrictions in May.
A delivery of 112,000 vaccines were delivered last night, said Varadkar.
Government says it’s on target to give first dose to 72,000 over-85s by the end of the first week of March.
The review was commissioned in 2018 but its publication was delayed.
The Tánasite said he could not make a commitment today that it would be extended beyond 28 February.
Tensions were running high during Leaders’ Questions.
His comments come after reports that the tribunal has yet to receive a single claim, more than two months after it started its work.
Mary Lou McDonald said the plan would cost individuals more than 2,000 euro a year.
Lynsey Bennett, who has two young daughters, had four smear tests between 2010 and 2016 but each time was told they were negative.
Speaking in Leaders’ Questions, he said “there will be no half-measures from me, as Taoiseach, or from Government”.
Teachers union the INTO has called on the Minister to apologise for her latest comments.
This week, around 50,000 vaccinations are expected to be completed.
The Taoiseach said he is concerned his statement yesterday is being presented in a certain light.
In Dublin, house prices have decreased by 1.5%, while apartment prices increased by 1%.
Martin specifically referenced testimony raised about a student midwife who comforted a mother who lost a baby.
Micheál Martin said there should be “no exploitation of any student nurse in any hospital setting”.
The Taoiseach said the low temperature fridges are being stored in Citywest before being distributed around the country.
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.
THE UK IS set to trial a ban of TV advertisements for junk food before 9pm in a bid to tackle the country’s obesity crisis.
A total ban will also be trialled on advertising unhealthy food online, but proposals to put calorie labels on pints of beer and glasses of wine were scrapped.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has recommitted to tough action on obesity after his brush with death when he contracted Covid-19 last year.
Health campaigners in the UK have praised the “landmark” reforms that would put tight controls on the promotion of foods high in sugar, salt and fat.
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