# oireachtas-inquiries - Yesterday’s News
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
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The legislation to allow Oireachtas inquiries – within the limits of the Constitution – has finally been published today.
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Sunday 31 March, 2013
The Seanad could be given the opportunity to seek the right to hold major public inquiries – if it is not abolished first.
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Saturday 14 July, 2012
Have you ever seen our TDs in action? They’re hardly the people to investigate this complex – and untrustworthy – industry, writes Aaron McKenna.
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Thursday 21 June, 2012
The Tánaiste says the government is keen to run the Children’s Rights referendum as soon as wording can be agreed.
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Saturday 28 April, 2012
Plus: what’s Ireland’s fastest-growing town – and how much does it cost to rent a parking pace for a civil servant?
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Monday 23 April, 2012
The Referendum Commission had 23 days to write, design and print its guide for the Oireachtas Inquiries referendum – and will only have 27 for the Fiscal Compact…
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Only 57 per cent of voters claimed to understand the proposal, compared to 71 per cent who understood plans on judges’ pay.
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
Panel of experts present the findings of their study into why people voted no to the Oireachtas inquiries referendum.
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Thursday 1 December, 2011
The Dáil committee is told it already has the legal power to carry out an investigation, and agrees to draw up terms of reference.
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Friday 11 November, 2011
The Public Accounts Committee is to examine whether it can hold an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the bank guarantee.
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Sunday 6 November, 2011
Nine things to know this morning…
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Monday 31 October, 2011
Nine things to know this morning, including… 540 arrests made under the new “aggressive begging” legislation, the tragic death of the young Cork boy who died in his mother’s arms, and the latest on arrests made in the Darren Falsey murder case.
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Sunday 30 October, 2011
There have been hints that this may not be the last we see of this particular issue. Do you think there should be another go at it?….
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Saturday 29 October, 2011
However, Brendan Howlin indicated earlier that we haven’t heard the end of the issue – and we may go to the polls on a new version.
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With the support of over a million voters, Michael D Higgins was named Ireland’s ninth president in Dublin Castle. Here’s how a historical day’s events unfolded.
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Michael D Higgins creeps towards the quota as the Fourth Count results begin to come in. Keep up with all the results, news and analysis on our continuing liveblog
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Thursday 27 October, 2011
In tonight’s Fix: Ireland goes to the polls, markets embrace the Greece deal, how much you’ll pay for an iPhone 4S, and just what DID cause Monday night’s flooding?
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Tuesday 25 October, 2011
Nine things you should know this morning…
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Opposition to the constitutional change has more than doubled to 20 per cent, an Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll found.
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The proposed amendment is dangerous and puts all of our rights at risk, writes independent TD Stephen Donnelly.
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Monday 24 October, 2011
While some candidates have revealed their voting intentions, others have declined to comment.
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Eight former attorneys general signed a public letter saying that the two constitutional amendments will endanger individual rights and judicial independence.
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Sunday 23 October, 2011
It often seems as if the debate on pluralising ‘referendum’ can be as divisive as the issues being voted upon. So who’s right?
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Ireland is virtually alone in not having parliamentary inquiries – and they may finally bring answers about the banking crisis, writes constitutional law expert Donal K Coffey.
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The government leaders come out in force as the Irish Council for Civil Liberties hails declining support for Oireachtas inquiries.
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Friday 21 October, 2011
Nine things to know this morning…
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Saturday 15 October, 2011
Two referendums are being voted on alongside the Dublin West by-election and the Presidential election: one concerns judges’ pay and the other concerns giving powers of inquiry to the Oireachtas.
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# oireachtas-inquiries - Monday 26 September, 2011
Minister Phil Hogan has suggested that unemployed people could be given jobs at polling stations during the ballots.
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