Business in the Oireachtas has adjourned. Dáil Éireann resumes on Wednesday, 18 September 2024 at 2:00 pm
Business in the Oireachtas has adjourned. Dáil Éireann resumes on Wednesday, 18 September 2024 at 2:00 pm
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Around the Houses | July
In our final look at events in Leinster House before the summer recess, the Dáil debates how to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence and the summer economic statement is discussed in the Houses and in committee.
Meanwhile, the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad and the Taoiseach were present at the unveiling of a portrait of former Deputy Billy Fox, which marked 50 years since his murder during the Troubles.
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Oireachtas TV debates
Flor McCarthy hosts a special edition of our Oireachats TV debates programme looking back over the highlights so far in 2024.
Topics covered during a busy first half of the year include the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use and the next steps in implementing its recommendations, the election of a new Taoiseach and the final European Parliament plenary before elections took place in June.
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29 Jul 2024, 09.00
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Press releases
26 Jul 2024, 12:30
Joint Committee on Social Protection publishes report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of General Scheme of Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension) Bill 2024
24 Jul 2024, 10:53
Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands publishes Pre-Budget Submissions
23 Jul 2024, 14:00
Comhchoiste na Gaeilge ag iarraidh soiléiriú ón gCoimisinéir Teanga faoi phoist na Stiúrthóirí ar Scoileanna sna Boird Oideachais agus Oiliúna
23 Jul 2024, 09:43
Social Protection Committee calls for core social welfare rates to increase by a minimum of €25 per week in Budget 2025
16 Jul 2024, 12:42
Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement publishes report ‘Perspectives on Constitutional Change: Finance and Economics’
Recently considered Bills and Acts
2 Aug 2024
Before Dáil Éireann
Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024
No. 67 of 2024
31 Jul 2024
Before Dáil Éireann
Mental Health Bill 2024
No. 66 of 2024
31 Jul 2024
Before Dáil Éireann
Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024
No. 65 of 2024
26 Jul 2024
Before Dáil Éireann
Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024
No. 64 of 2024
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