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# leaders-questions - Sunday 28 July, 2019
Eamon Ryan interview: 'Sometimes Leo's inner neo-liberal comes out'
The Green Party leader spoke to TheJournal.ie while on a clean up in Donnybrook.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 20 June, 2019
Tánaiste says stricter online safety rules are needed: 'The days of self-regulation are over'
Calls for an online safety Oireachtas committee were heard in the Dáil today.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 18 June, 2019
Mary Lou McDonald asks Michael Noonan to clarify if he described Majella Moynihan case as 'internal garda matter'
Noonan was minister for justice during the period Majella Moynihan faced censure.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
Taoiseach says final tender for broadband plan is 'many multiples' of the original estimated cost
The Taoiseach said he will make a decision on the final bidder before Easter.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 26 February, 2019
Dáil hears calls for research to be carried out into familicide in Ireland
There were also calls for the HSE and Tusla to be included in the new garda review of murders in the home.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 19 February, 2019
Pregnant woman with '15% chance of delivery' given list of UK hospitals to get abortion, Dáil hears
Ruth Coppinger TD told the Dáil she had been contacted by a woman who shared her story.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 12 February, 2019
'One or two' contractors Varadkar would not like to see get a public State contract again
Work is underway to ensure the public procurement process is more robust, particularly for large-scale projects.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 23 January, 2019
Some smear tests to be repeated due to backlog resulting in samples expiring
Simon Harris had been warned on numerous occasions that his announcement of free repeat smear tests was “dangerous” .
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 15 January, 2019
Nurses' strike, hospital costs and housing: Leo questioned about the big problems facing him in 2019
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”.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 18 December, 2018
'It doesn't take very long for your balaclava to slip': Ructions in Dáil as Taoiseach and Doherty discuss Roscommon eviction
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.”
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 20 November, 2018
'Elaborate system for workers to vouch for modest expenses': Mary Lou and Leo clash over Revenue changes
The changes will kick in in January 2020.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 13 November, 2018
Black lace thong held up in the Dáil as TD raises controversial rape trial comments
TD Ruth Coppinger said it was time for ‘rape myths’ to be dispelled with in court cases,
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 6 November, 2018
Nurses and doctors should not be on Christmas holidays in the first weeks of January - Taoiseach
The Taoiseach says hospitals effectively close down over the Christmas period and that needs to end.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 18 October, 2018
'Unacceptable': Minister told Illness Benefit delays means some people have no money to buy food
Howlin said calls to the Social Protection helpline have been going unanswered.
'Not good enough': Tánaiste apologises to women for 18-week delay for their smear test results
Due to the upsurge in the number of women presenting for their smear test, there is now a backlog of 60,000.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 11 October, 2018
Taoiseach 'satisfied' with Denis Naughten's account of dinner with Broadband Plan bidder - for now
Naughten has been under pressure after it emerged he attended a dinner with David McCourt in July.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 4 October, 2018
Simon Coveney says the government's 'hugely ambitious' social housing programme is working
Coveney was standing in for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who is in Brussels to meet the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 2 October, 2018
Taoiseach on DUP leader's belief the Good Friday Agreement can be changed: 'It is not up for negotiation'
She also said that fears about how Brexit will affect Ireland was turning people off the idea.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 18 September, 2018
Taoiseach slaps down proposal to ban people taking photos of gardaí on duty
Leo Varadkar said he wanted to give assurances today that such a measure is not being considered by government.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 12 June, 2018
'Revenue are counting the chip bags coming out of chip shops' - Taoiseach defends use of PIs to investigate consultants
The hiring of private investigators by government departments was reported upon in last weekend’s Sunday Business Post.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 29 May, 2018
Abortion legislation expected to be law by January 2019
The first Dáil sitting since the country voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment takes place this afternoon.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 10 May, 2018
'It seared the soul of our country': Emotional scenes as Emma Mhic Mhathúna's interview raised in the Dáil
“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.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 3 May, 2018
'Make them go minister - or else you go' - Calls for heads to roll in CervicalCheck scandal
The issue dominated large chunks of Leaders’ Questions today.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 2 May, 2018
Leo Varadkar confirms redress scheme for women affected by the smear test controversy
The Taoiseach said the government still do not know all the facts surrounding the CervicalCheck scandal.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 26 April, 2018
'We can't just presume they have': Doctors instructed to tell women if they have received false smear test results
The case of Vicky Phelan, a terminally ill woman who yesterday came to a €2.5 million settlement with the HSE, has caused significant concern.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 6 March, 2018
Leo admits 'mistakes were made' and 'controls were too loose' with his communications unit
Varadkar came under fire during Leaders’ Questions when opposition parties called for the unit to be disbanded.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 6 December, 2017
'The agreement stands': Leo says DUP does not represent everyone in Northern Ireland
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says it’s now up the UK to come back to them.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 5 December, 2017
As it happened: Leo fields questions about what went wrong in Brexit deal omnishambles
A deal was done yesterday, until it wasn’t.
# leaders-questions - Thursday 30 November, 2017
Liveblog: Leo Varadkar announces new Tánaiste and slightly reshuffles his Cabinet
A new Tánaiste, Business and Culture minister have been announced in the Dáil.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 29 November, 2017
Taoiseach says there's no need for Ireland to use Brexit veto
Ireland was pulled back from the brink of an election yesterday but it was business as usual in the Dáil today.
Varadkar tells Dáil that cost of garda overtime will be covered by next year's budget
Gardaí in Dublin had been told that “under no circumstances” is overtime to be incurred.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
'She may not have thrown McCabe to the wolves but she allowed them free rein'
Frances Fitzgerald is under pressure today over questions about a ‘forgotten email’.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 15 November, 2017
Minister: 'I will not have my good name and reputation traduced by deputy Alan Kelly'
There was a heated exchange in the Dáil today where Charlie Flanagan told TD Alan Kelly to desist from engaging in a smear campaign.
Gerry Adams: 'Instead of being a Taoiseach for the elites, can't you become a Taoiseach for the homeless?'
The Taoiseach was grilled about the homelessness and housing crisis during Leaders’ Questions today.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 14 November, 2017
As it happened: Leo says he wants a new Garda Commissioner in place 'sooner rather than later'
Housing, Maurice McCabe and a new Garda Commissioner were all discussed during Leaders’ Questions.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 8 November, 2017
'You love shaming social welfare frauds but didn't protest outside AIB with your placards and hashtags'
Mattie McGrath asked the Tasoiseach what he is doing about the Paradise Papers.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 7 November, 2017
Martin criticises Shane Ross for tweeting about Man Utd game on the eve of the rail strike
The Taoiseach said both parties should go back to the table to sort out the rail dispute.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 25 October, 2017
As it happened: Leo told to 'call in the fraud squad' over tracker mortgage scandal
The Taoiseach has returned from his travels and is back in the hot seat.
# leaders-questions - Tuesday 24 October, 2017
As it happened: 'We bailed out the banks and all we got was two fingers back'
Independent TD Mattie McGrath said the bankers were called in “for a little chat” with the Finance Minister this week.
# leaders-questions - Wednesday 18 October, 2017
As Leo helps with Storm Ophelia clean-up, a new storm is brewing over pensions
Fianna Fáil is tabling a motion on the pensions issue today.
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Poll: Should land in Clontarf be reclaimed from the sea to build 65,000 homes?
DEVELOPER HARRY CROSBIE has proposed reclaiming land from the sea in Clontarf to build 65,000 homes.
The plan to reclaim over 200 acres would cost €200 million, he told RTÉ’s Marian Finucane show yesterday, and would take under two years to build.
He acknowledged that the main concern that would need to be addressed is what effect reclaiming the land would have on bird populations in the area, and said that the threat of rising sea levels wouldn’t be a problem.
What do you make of it? Should we reclaim land from the sea in order to build houses?
Poll Results:
No way (5382)
Yes, let's do it (4973)
Nice idea, but no (2221)
I don't know (663)
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Saoirse McHugh: The time is right for an agricultural revolution in Ireland
By Saoirse McHugh
Intensive agriculture has damaged the planet. But we can change that.
The Irish For: How a familiar tale can help young bookworms become bilingual
By Darach Ó Séaghdha - @TheIrishFor
From the Garden: What to do when you have an abundance of vegetables
By Michael Kelly
Large amounts of veg can be used up and kept for later in many ways.
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