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# Emmet Stagg

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THE LOSERS: The TDs we're saying goodbye to after they lost their seats
It’s been a rough couple of days for these well-known faces.
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Labour TD accused of 'appalling duplicity' over stance on lone parent cuts
Emmet Stagg said an “unintended consequence” of new rules will see thousands of people lose money.
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Jul 9th 2015, 2:55 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 It’s Thursday and here’s all the news you need to know.
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Jul 9th 2015, 8:58 AM
Rebel TD kicked off committee after just ONE day
Michael McNamara’s not having a great week.
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May 29th 2015, 11:40 AM
Lots of TDs are breaking the rules and wearing Yes pins - but will they be punished?
The wearing of pins and badges in Leinster House has become a hot topic in recent days.
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May 14th 2015, 9:00 PM
Two more TDs have refused to remove their Yes Equality pins in Leinster House
And Joan Burton is supporting them.
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May 14th 2015, 4:12 PM
This TD voted against Labour... but he's staying in the party
Michael McNamara won’t lose the party whip.
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Apr 30th 2015, 1:59 PM
13 Labour TDs missed the Dáil vote on abortion last night
A large number of Labour deputies missed the vote on a bill to hold a referendum on repealing the 8th Amendment.
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Dec 18th 2014, 2:05 PM
Labour TD who 'disappeared' for vote to establish Irish Water will not be sanctioned
Michael McNamara has admitted he refused to vote for the establishment of the controversial new semi-state company.
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Oct 21st 2014, 9:00 PM
Banking inquiry could be up and running within ‘four to five months’
The make up of the new committee both in terms of size and who will sit on it has yet to be decided.
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Jan 21st 2014, 10:50 PM
17 TDs admit they’ve had an alcoholic drink before going into the Dáil chamber
“If a TD has a pint or two I don’t think that’s a problem for me and I don’t think it’s a problem for the citizens of the country either,” Labour chief whip Emmet Stagg has told TV3′s Midweek programme.
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Nov 20th 2013, 11:00 PM
Labour should 'pull out of coalition' if they really want to change politics - Doherty
Pearse Doherty has said Sinn Féin would only consider any kind of coalition with Labour in future if the party pulled out of its coalition with Fine Gael.
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Aug 24th 2013, 7:05 PM
'Half of Labour's TDs and senators' are against abolition of the Seanad
The party has confirmed its intention to support government policy and a Yes vote on 4 October but its chief whip says that there is a 50-50 split in the parliamentary party over the future of the Seanad.
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Aug 16th 2013, 6:15 AM
Confusion as Labour TD votes against government
Michael McNamara voted against the government but the party said it was a ‘genuine mistake’.
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Jul 11th 2013, 12:06 PM
Colm Keaveney hits back: The Labour chief whip is the 'professor of sniping'
The former Labour Party chairman has criticised Emmet Stagg and hit out at Labour ministers following his resignation from the party this week.
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Jun 28th 2013, 7:45 PM
Labour whip: Colm Keaveney betrayed our party, I welcome his resignation
Emmet Stagg has strongly criticised the chairman of the Labour Party who resigned his membership today.
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Jun 26th 2013, 9:00 PM
Enda tells government parties: You must support Seanad abolition
The Taoiseach was speaking while on EU business in Latvia and Lithuania yesterday. He is in Finland today and London tomorrow.
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Jun 7th 2013, 8:17 AM
Property tax exemptions are 'stupid' and 'ham-fisted' - Labour whip
Labour chief whip Emmet Stagg has harshly criticised Phil Hogan over the property tax exemptions, saying the Environment Minister has made a ‘dog’s dinner’ of the way in which the tax is being administered.
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Mar 25th 2013, 5:49 PM
Who's leading your St Patrick's Day parade this year?
A footballer, a hurler, a politician and a ringmistress… it’s not the start to a bad joke, it’s a list of the people chosen as parade grand marshals around the country.
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Mar 11th 2012, 10:00 AM
Labour TD votes against renewing bank guarantee scheme
Tommy Broughan has been expelled from the Labour parliamentary party after he voted against extending the controversial bank guarantee scheme.
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Dec 1st 2011, 11:57 AM
Dáil unlikely to need summoning for Finance Bill
The Finance Bill will finish its passage through the Seanad today, allowing dozens of on-hold TDs to take Saturday night off.
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Jan 29th 2011, 10:21 AM