# oireachtas-committee - Friday 22 October, 2021
# Tough Start
Noteworthy and The Journal examine the impact of the justice system on Travellers, with a focus on children Reporters Michelle Hennessy and Maria Delaney found young Travellers detainee numbers jumped last year Children who spoke to the investigation team said they felt fear and anxiety around interactions with gardaí
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 20 October, 2021
# Oireachtas Committee
# Oireachtas Committee
A report published this week highlighted issues with “extremely long working hours with few breaks,” and pay often below minimum wage.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# Rock Bottom
# Rock Bottom
The Oireachtas committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media discussed the issue today.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 6 October, 2021
# Robert Watt
# Robert Watt
Robert Watt, the secretary general of the Department of Health, faced the Health Committee alongside Health Minister Stephen Donnelly.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 28 September, 2021
# Adoption
# Adoption
Failure to balance the privacy rights of mothers with the identity rights of children could spark legal challenges to new laws, he said.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 21 September, 2021
# Katherine Zappone
# Katherine Zappone
Martin Fraser in the Department of An Taoiseach will face the committee, though Zappone has confirmed she will not.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 7 September, 2021
# Sorry
Coveney acknowledges "making mistakes in recent weeks" and that this has created "a political embarrassment for the Government" In hindsight , Coveney says it would have been helpful for him to respond to Zappone's text to tell her that it was not a job offer, but rather a concept. The minister called Zappone on Sunday to tell her their text messages were being released
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 21 July, 2021
# Health Committee
# Health Committee
Over 34,000 calls were made to the new Digital Covid Certificate helpline yesterday alone.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 13 July, 2021
# Oireachtas Committee
# Oireachtas Committee
Representatives of Pavee Point appeared before the Oireachtas today.
# Vaccine Pass
# Vaccine Pass
1.8 million Digital Covid Certs will be delivered by next Monday.
# oireachtas-committee - Monday 12 July, 2021
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
The report said the Housing First initiative should be “significantly expanded”.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 29 June, 2021
# Military Retention Crisis
# Military Retention Crisis
RACO will tell the Committee on Defence and Foreign Affairs that cuts to the military budget is to blame for the retention crisis.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 22 June, 2021
# Investigating
From The42
# Investigating
Earlier this month Bolger outlined his concerns about the possibility of doping within Irish racing.
# Public Opinion
# Public Opinion
‘Overwhelming majority’ have supported public health measures and would have preferred them to be more restrictive.
# oireachtas-committee - Thursday 3 June, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Funchion, who is chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Children, describes her shock over recent issues with the Mother and Baby Home Commission.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 25 May, 2021
# Oireachtas Committee
# Oireachtas Committee
Family members appeared before the Good Friday Agreement Committee in Dublin today.
# oireachtas-committee - Friday 21 May, 2021
# Oireachtas Committee
# Oireachtas Committee
Leo Varadkar told an Oireachtas committee he felt it was odd and suspicious that people would not be able to see an agreement they had signed.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 18 May, 2021
# Oireachtas Committee
# Oireachtas Committee
The claims will be heard at the Oireachtas Education Committee this afternoon.
# oireachtas-committee - Monday 10 May, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
The remarks were made at an Oireachtas committee today.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 20 April, 2021
# Oireachtas Committee
# Oireachtas Committee
The HSE is set to update the Oireachtas Health Committee on the Covid-19 vaccine rollout later today.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 13 April, 2021
# Easing Restrictions
# Easing Restrictions
NPHET and the Government are due to consider the further easing of restrictions again at the beginning of May.
# oireachtas-committee - Thursday 8 April, 2021
# Medical Cards Holders
# Medical Cards Holders
Dentists will warn TDs and senators that the State’s dental scheme for medical card holders is on the “brink of collapse”.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 23 March, 2021
# Reopening Plans
# Reopening Plans
The LVA also wants an end to the distinction between ‘wet’ pubs and venues serving food.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 16 March, 2021
# Got Mail?
# Got Mail?
Irish Postmasters’ Union general secretary has said that as more postmasters retire, the service will lose its backbone.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 9 March, 2021
# Vaccine Supply
# Vaccine Supply
The Health Minister said the vaccination programme “hasn’t all been flawless”, but is making an impact on infection rates among some cohorts.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 2 February, 2021
# Oireachtas Committee
# Oireachtas Committee
A total of 4,300 positive coronavirus cases were recorded in nursing homes during January, the Oireachtas Health Committee heard.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 16 December, 2020
# Vaccine
# Vaccine
Up to 15 mass vaccination centres around the country are being considered, the health committee also heard today.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 8 December, 2020
# Stark Warning
# Stark Warning
Irish Farmers Association president Tim Cullinan issued the stark warning at an Oireachtas committee hearing today.
# oireachtas-committee - Thursday 3 December, 2020
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
An Oireachtas committee has heard that fear of infection has heightened anxiety among doctors’ patients.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 1 December, 2020
# Children's Rights
# Children's Rights
Over 6,000 children are currently overdue an assessment of their needs.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 11 November, 2020
# TV Licence
# TV Licence
The committee also heard of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the media industry.
# Media
# Media
Irish Secretary of the NUJ Séamus Dooley said that local and national media organisations were “on the brink of ruin”.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 10 November, 2020
# FAI
# FAI
The Kerry TD said in April 2019 that he was “quite confident” that Delaney could only be accused of being “passionately committed to his job”.
# oireachtas-committee - Thursday 10 September, 2020
# HIQA
# HIQA
Hiqa was criticised for its “very late” issuance of guidance to nursing homes at the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid Response today.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 9 September, 2020
# ICCL
# ICCL
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties will be among a number of parties addressing the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 today.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 26 August, 2020
# Oireachtas Committee
# Oireachtas Committee
The issue of Phil Hogan was raised as HSE officials addressed an Oireachtas Committee this morning.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 14 July, 2020
# Covid Committee
# Covid Committee
Two sittings took place today at 9am and 11.30am.
# oireachtas-committee - Friday 10 July, 2020
# Oireachtas Committee
# Oireachtas Committee
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland said there had been a ‘gross and serious breach of confidentiality’.
# oireachtas-committee - Thursday 18 June, 2020
# Nursing Homes
# Nursing Homes
The Department of Health’s secretary general was speaking before an Oireachtas committee on Covid-19 earlier today.
# oireachtas-committee - Monday 9 December, 2019
# Crisis
From The42
# Crisis
Sports minister Shane Ross and Sport Ireland will not be appearing alongside the football body on Wednesday, however.
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