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Amid industry pressure, the Taoiseach said NPHET will keep the isolation period for close contacts under review.
Micheál Martin said he found it extraordinary that the party had been ‘silent’ on the Russian build-up of troops on the Ukrainian border.
Connolly says she is concerned about democracy and the lack of oversight of ‘draconian’ laws being rolled over into next year.
Micheál Martin is set to hand the reins over to Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar in December 2022.
A High Court ruling that found the Commission of Investigation acted unlawfully by denying fair procedure to survivors prompted calls for a review.
There had been reports of unease among some backbenchers about his leadership of Fianna Fáil.
A move to include emissions from land usage in the budgets would ‘totally undermine the viability’ of the agri-food industry, CEO Danny McCoy wrote.
Micheál Martin insisted the state remained the key driver in providing homes.
The Taoiseach ruled out holding a state inquiry into who killed the republican leader when he was shot dead in Co Cork in 1922.
Micheál Martin says he is hopeful for 2022.
The Taoiseach said the three leaders trust each other, so far.
Comprehensive information and guidance will be offered to parents, said Micheál Martin.
The Taoiseach told RTÉ’s Brendan O’Connor show that the Government was taking action “early”, before hospitalisations increase further.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin announced a number of new Covid restrictions this evening.
Micheál Martin said that vulnerable children will begin to receive vaccines from 20 December.
The meeting this evening takes place prior to NPHET’s meeting on Thursday.
Micheál Martin said this afternoon that he hoped the HSE could deliver 1.5 million booster jabs before the end of the year.
New Zealand will progressively increase the age at which tobacco products can be bought, so today’s young teens will never be able to buy cigarettes legally.
Mary Lou McDonald says children and teachers are left freezing in classrooms as windows must be left open.
It comes after Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he is ‘trying to check out’ reports that some members of NPHET withdrew from broadcasts
Taoiseach Micheál Martin announced a number of new Covid restrictions this evening.
Some of the new risks identified in this year’s report were ‘economic scarring, digital exclusion, and the rise of a multi-polar world’.
He said measures needed to combat the virus now were different to those required earlier in the pandemic.
Micheal Martin has denied that he said teachers would be exempt from Covid-19 isolation rules.
The Taoiseach indicated that antigen tests are set to be pushed for more regular use in the coming months as a result.
The diaries cover Collins’ day-to-day life, spanning the Civil War and the foundation of the State
Martin said the boooster campaign is already showing positive results.
Martin said he had spoken with US President Joe Biden at the COP26 summit.
The Journal reported this morning that the Irish Pharmacy Union and the HSE have entered preliminary talks about the distribution of antigen tests to the wider public.
Ireland currently has over two million antigen tests in stock in the country.
But Micheál Martin said that NPHET or the HSE may pilot antigen testing in some settings off the back of ECDC advice.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar says there are concerns about the level of infection among healthcare workers and patients in hospital.
Micheál Martin also said he believed there could be an annual Covid vaccine in the future.