# 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.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 20 November, 2019
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
How Bord na Mona and ESB workers are treated is a major test for policymakers, says Ictu.
# oireachtas-committee - Thursday 14 November, 2019
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
Experts will instead suggest that stable placements in suitable temporary accommodation for families be provided.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 12 November, 2019
# Emissions
# Emissions
SF6 is a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential 23,000 times that of carbon dioxide.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 23 October, 2019
# ICCL
# ICCL
The journalist and activist died by suicide in April 2017. Weeks before, images of her had been shared widely online.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 16 October, 2019
# Online Abuse
# Online Abuse
The Justice Committee is examining issues such as cyberbullying, harassment, stalking and revenge porn.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Government sources state that more delays will come at further extra costs.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
Conal O’Boyle said government is trying to hide the fact that they still grant oil licenses while telling people to buy an electric car.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
# Transparency
From The42
# Transparency
It was also revealed that the FAI rang the Committee Chair on Sunday, offering a private briefing.
# oireachtas-committee - Sunday 14 July, 2019
# Concerns
From The42
# Concerns
The former Ireland international went on to say that constructive talks had been held between his consortium and League of Ireland clubs.
# oireachtas-committee - Thursday 13 June, 2019
# Losing Out
# Losing Out
Ombudsman Dr Niall Muldoon said anecdotal evidence shows some children suffer disproportionately from “reduced timetables”.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 10 April, 2019
# Reaction
From The42
# Reaction
Niall Quinn and Brian Kerr were disappointed in today’s Oireachtas Committee hearing involving the FAI.
# Bridging Loan
# Bridging Loan
Here’s what the FAI has been saying over the past few weeks ahead of today’s Oireachtas hearing.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 3 April, 2019
# John Treacy
# John Treacy
Sport Ireland, which provides funding each year to the FAI, said it isn’t satisfied with what the FAI has said so far.
# oireachtas-committee - Thursday 28 March, 2019
# Take A Stand
# Take A Stand
Sumaya Mohammed, a 12-year-old student from Cork, was one of five students who had a hard-hitting message for politicians.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
# Outlook
# Outlook
Despite Brexit, the Central Bank believes workers are in line for pay increases of up to 7% over the next two years.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 20 February, 2019
# Family Court
# Family Court
Members of the Law Society’s family and child law committee are to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Justice this morning.
# oireachtas-committee - Wednesday 6 February, 2019
# National Children's Hospital
# National Children's Hospital
Harris maintained his claim that he was not aware of the project’s rising costs until August 2018.
# oireachtas-committee - Monday 30 July, 2018
# Dublin Moderation
# Dublin Moderation
An undercover Channel 4 Dispatches programme into moderation at the Dublin Headquarters revealed widespread failures.
# oireachtas-committee - Thursday 24 May, 2018
# Recycling
# Recycling
The Environment Committee voted to ensure the set up of a bottle deposit scheme is compulsory.
# oireachtas-committee - Tuesday 24 April, 2018
# John Lawlor
# John Lawlor
It emerged last weekend that a scout leader accused of a sexual assault remains under investigation by gardaí and the DPP.
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