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All this week, an Oireachtas sub-committee has been discussing the fiscal compact treaty with academics, civil society leaders, and other politicians. Here’s what they made of it.
A new campaign is calling for politicians’ pay to be benchmarked against real jobs. Aaron McKenna explains why the salaries have to shrink.
Almost one in five voters say they don’t know how they will vote in the referendum according to the Sunday Business Post/Red C poll.
There’s exactly one week to go before the deadline for paying the charge and the government insists there’ll be a last minute rush. So we’re asking – have you paid it?
Three of the nine TDs involved in the campaign against the household charge have criticised the Socialist Party TDs for taking key speaking slots at today’s rally in Dublin.
It’s been exactly one year since the current crop of TDs took their seats in Leinster House for the first session of the current Dáil. Here’s what’s happened over the year in photographs.
Alan Shatter has been one of the most pro-active ministers in the current government – but one year on, what has been achieved in the area of justice and law reform?
The government has promised major political reform – but has it fulfilled its promises, one year in?
The unemployment crisis has been one of the biggest issues facing the government. One year in, what has it achieved on the jobs front?
Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin has pledged to examine the leaders’ allowance, which is also given to independent senators.
The country’s largest trade union said that the €100 household charge penalises low and middle income families and called on the government to suspend it.
An amendment moved by independent Senators making the ‘leaders’ allowance’ vouched has been defeated by the government.
The former taoiseach says the Dáil should be composed of 70 to 80 TDs, elected from single seat-constituencies.
The Minister for Social Protection hit back after Fianna Fáil said that the situation had been “shambolic”
While the country struggles under immense financial pressure, eight cabinet ministers take expenses that can’t be audited.
Figures released by the Oireachtas detail exactly how much every TD in the country claimed in expenses from the day they got elected until the end of December 2011.
We look at how the majority of the 31st Dáil representatives were paid allowances in 2011.
34 TDs in the 31st Dail claimed over €50,000 in expenses from the Oireachtas last year – here’s the full list.
Of the 533 submissions published by the Constituency Commission so far, 238 relate to Swords’ placement in Dublin West.
Politicians are back in Leinster House today for the first Dáil session of 2012 – but what issues would you like to see them dealing with?
Parish-pump politics is crippling our democracy – so Simon Tuohy offers a radical new proposal to fix the system.
The Constituency Commission is cutting the number of TDs and redrawing our electoral map. Here’s everything you need to know about what will happen…
A general election, the implosion of two parties, EU drama and a Presidential campaign – can you picture all that in one year? We tried…
It’s December so things are officially allowed to get Christmassy – so here’s a slideshow of politicians having some fun and turning on the Christmas lights at Leinster House this afternoon.
The bill, which emerged from last month’s referendum, was passed in the Dáil last night.
Results of a comprehensive survey of Irish voters also show that people want fewer TDs, value local interaction highly, and don’t want the electoral system to change.
Ministers Ruairi Quinn and Jimmy Deenihan are among those who returned expenses allowances they never used.
It was recently revealed that a tab of almost €70,000 had been run up between the Dáil bar and restaurants.
The Ceann Comhairle says the Dáil must hold a vote on introducing the new dress code – but there’s no place on the agenda.
The Oireachtas is set to introduce new rules which could see casually dressed TDs booted out. Is that right?
Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett has described the Dáil dress code as “pathetic”.
It could be as few as six under changes proposed today by the Minister for the Environment today.
A Boundary Commission is set to redraw constituency lines and lead to a reduction in the number of TDs in the next Dail. But how many should we lose – if any at all?
The change in Ireland’s population, to be revealed in Census figures today, will lead to constituency boundary changes.
The ex-TD missed the Dáil’s minimum attendance level by a hefty margin.
The next Constituency Commission will be told to provide for a reduced number – reducing the Dáil by about a dozen.
A survey done on behalf of the Medical Council reveals, perhaps not surprisingly, that doctors are the most trusted profession but TDs and pollsters come bottom of the pile.