# oireachtas - Yesterday’s News
Today marks the first time that the petitions committee will have invited in a member of the public to argue their case.
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# oireachtas - Sunday 16 June, 2013
The minister says, however, that the alternative is that the baby’s mother could die – ending both of their lives.
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# oireachtas - Saturday 15 June, 2013
The restaurant and bar combined made total sales of over one million euro in 2012.
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# oireachtas - Thursday 13 June, 2013
The pro-life TD put forward motions for the proposed legislation to be scrapped, the suicide clause removed and for members to have a free vote at a parliamentary party meeting last night.
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# oireachtas - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
The government’s move to abolish the Seanad is short-sighted, reactionary and populist – and the stringent whip system that our representatives in Dail Eireann are subjected to demonstrates this, writes Caroline Bergin-Cross.
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# oireachtas - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
Also attending the meeting will be the CEO of the Child and Family Support Agency and representatives from Early Childhood Ireland.
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# oireachtas - Monday 10 June, 2013
The Constitutional Convention has made a number of recommendations on reforming politics in Ireland.
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# oireachtas - Friday 7 June, 2013
The Referendum Commission will be chaired by Justice Elizabeth Dunne, whenever the Oireachtas passes the referendum bill.
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# oireachtas - Thursday 6 June, 2013
The formal legislation to change the Constitution and delete the Seanad is out today. So what’s in it?
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# oireachtas - Friday 31 May, 2013
They will join childcare organisations in speaking about the findings of the RTÉ undercover footage of three creches in Ireland.
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# oireachtas - Thursday 30 May, 2013
Some light reading for the Minister for Health.
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# oireachtas - Sunday 26 May, 2013
“I was told there would be at least one nun sitting in the Late Late Show audience, knitting. And sure enough, there she was”.
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# oireachtas - Saturday 25 May, 2013
Breaking via The Mire wire: Dáil beauty pageant causes tensions, Taoiseach and Greek PM hold shortest discussions ever, and laughter at SIPO…
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# oireachtas - Friday 24 May, 2013
During a meeting at Leinster House this afternoon, two TDs revealed they had children who were “incompatible with life”.
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# oireachtas - Thursday 23 May, 2013
TFMR will gather at Leinster House this afternoon.
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# oireachtas - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
Minister James Reilly is determined to publish legislation before the end of July.
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The final day of the three-day hearing saw legal experts teasing out some of the most intricate detail in the draft legislation.
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# oireachtas - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
TheJournal.ie team brought you live updates from day three of the hearings, including testimony from legal experts.
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Retired judge Justice Catherine McGuinness, legal adviser to the Pro-Life Campaign Caroline Simmons and barrister at law Simon Mills are all due to give evidence today.
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Day 2 of the Oireachtas hearings on abortion saw psychiatrists and medical professionals give their expert opinions on the new law.
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# oireachtas - Monday 20 May, 2013
The hearings on the wording of the heads of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013 will continue until tomorrow.
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# oireachtas - Saturday 18 May, 2013
Heckling, James Reilly leaving early, and questions about term limits on abortion – the first day of the Oireachtas hearings on abortion legislation had a lot of drama. Here’s what happened.
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# oireachtas - Friday 17 May, 2013
TheJournal.ie team brought you live updates from today’s proceedings, which included testimonies from medical experts.
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Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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What’s it all about? TheJournal.ie takes you through the Health Committee proceedings.
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# oireachtas - Thursday 16 May, 2013
In 2010, less than half the money allocated for Traveller housing was drawn down by councils.
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# oireachtas - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Unlike the committee’s previous hearings, there will be few representatives from advocacy or religious groups giving evidence.
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# oireachtas - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
“Ultimately the entire population will be covered by free GP services,” Taoiseach Enda Kenny told the Dáil.
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# oireachtas - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Fine Gael TD Paschal Donohoe has called for Seán Fitzpatrick and a number of other people to appear before Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee.
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# oireachtas - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Patrick Honohan will discuss economic and monetary union with TDs and senators on the Oireachtas EU Affairs Committee this afternoon.
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# oireachtas - Saturday 27 April, 2013
The Constitution is clear and unambiguous when it comes to the implications of abortion legislation – and pro-life parliamentarians should not try to distort it, write law lecturers Fiona de Londras and Laura Graham.
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Adams rounded on the party for its political opportunism.
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# oireachtas - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Thousands of Irish servicemen were dismissed or prosecuted for fighting with the Allies during World War II.
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# oireachtas - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
The new chairman designate of the Irish Film Board tells Oireachtas committee that he decided to “give it a lash” in the end.
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# oireachtas - Monday 15 April, 2013
Alan Shatter suggests it would be more appropriate not to have a legal expiry date written into forthcoming laws on abortion.
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# oireachtas - Sunday 14 April, 2013
A number of TDs have put forward a sunset clause, which would mean abortion legislation would be reviewed after a number of years.
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# oireachtas - Monday 8 April, 2013
19 Oireachtas ushers have been sent on a training course to prepare for any physical confrontation from the public.
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# oireachtas - Thursday 4 April, 2013
The committee will meet this morning with officials from the Dept of Finance and Central Bank of Ireland
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# oireachtas - Saturday 30 March, 2013
Debates, meetings, touching base with constituents, heading up to Meath East by-election, organising sand bags, reading the newspapers and having words with his colleagues – Kevin Humphreys recounts his busy schedule this week.
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