# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Saturday 12 December, 2020
# Houses Of The OIreachtas
# Houses Of The OIreachtas
The Taoiseach has said that constitutional change could be needed to provide for TD maternity leave, but constitutional experts say otherwise.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Saturday 8 August, 2020
# Lump Sum Payments
# Lump Sum Payments
Termination payments made to TDs and senators amounted to €2m.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Wednesday 11 December, 2019
# Expenses
# Expenses
The Dáil Committee on Members’ Interests is to meet on Thursday but questions remain as to whether they have the power to investigate.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Thursday 11 July, 2019
Leinster House was commissioned to be built between 1745-47.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Wednesday 18 April, 2018
# Pay Up
# Pay Up
The Taoiseach encouraged the Oireachtas to investigate how to chase up politicians who fail to pay their bills.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Tuesday 21 November, 2017
# Female Vote
# Female Vote
Republican leader Markievicz will also be celebrated in the UK as the first woman elected to the UK House of Commons.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Monday 25 September, 2017
# Rewind
# Rewind
Politicians and journalists argued that it showed a lack of transparency from the State.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Monday 21 March, 2016
# Settle Up
# Settle Up
Figures released by the Houses of the Oireachtas reveal that the largest sum amounts to over €800.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Tuesday 26 January, 2016
# Taxpayer Funded
# Taxpayer Funded
John Halligan said if he made a mistake he will repay the money.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Wednesday 7 October, 2015
# Courts
# Courts
The action was taken by the businessman earlier this year over remarks made in the Dáil under privilege regarding his banking affairs with IBRC.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Wednesday 1 July, 2015
# ALL IN A DAY'S WORK
# ALL IN A DAY'S WORK
Hitting the gym, Oireachtas Committee meetings and learning languages were all on the agenda.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Tuesday 16 June, 2015
# Courts
# Courts
The businessman has issued proceedings against the Houses of the Oireachtas and the State.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Friday 15 May, 2015
# By-election
# By-election
Bobby Aylward was among over a hundred politicians who received letters about over-claiming expenses six years ago.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Thursday 14 May, 2015
# Pin-gate
# Pin-gate
The wearing of pins and badges in Leinster House has become a hot topic in recent days.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Monday 20 April, 2015
# Mind = Blown
# Mind = Blown
Our minds are blown. Our heads hurt.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Wednesday 11 March, 2015
# Locks Changed
# Locks Changed
James Heffernan had refused to leave an office he shared with former Labour colleague John Gilroy.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Friday 23 January, 2015
# Mystery
# Mystery
The identity of the TD or Senator cannot be revealed unless they come forward.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Wednesday 17 December, 2014
# Austerity
# Austerity
The banking inquiry’s first public hearings get under way today and questions remain about what happened six years ago.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Monday 22 September, 2014
# Oireachtas TV
# Oireachtas TV
Only if you’re into that sort of thing, of course, and have UPC or Sky.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Thursday 18 September, 2014
# Paying Up
# Paying Up
Leinster House authorities are taking a more proactive approach when it comes to collecting money owed.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Monday 11 August, 2014
# Gift Shop
# Gift Shop
An Síopa was known as ‘the most expensive tuck shop in Ireland’ when it was opened in 2008.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Saturday 26 July, 2014
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Saturday 5 July, 2014
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Wednesday 2 July, 2014
# Hardworking
# Hardworking
The Houses of the Oireachtas has released some interesting figures in its 2013 annual report.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Tuesday 1 July, 2014
# Oireachtas Agenda
# Oireachtas Agenda
The Commission for Energy Regulation will be giving TDs and Senators a briefing on water tariffs in Leinster House today.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Saturday 14 June, 2014
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Saturday 7 June, 2014
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Wednesday 4 June, 2014
# Oireachtas Agenda
# Oireachtas Agenda
What’s going on in Leinster House? Well, as you asked…
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Wednesday 21 May, 2014
# Election 2014
# Election 2014
The party could now be the subject of a complaint to the Dáil’s Committee on Procedures and Privileges.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Saturday 10 May, 2014
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Tuesday 6 May, 2014
# A Rat Trap
# A Rat Trap
Before you start, it was an actual rat…
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Saturday 3 May, 2014
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Saturday 26 April, 2014
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Saturday 19 April, 2014
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Saturday 5 April, 2014
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Saturday 29 March, 2014
# House Of Cards
# House Of Cards
One or two things were happening in Leinster House this week and, as ever, there are winners and losers at the end of it…
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Monday 24 March, 2014
# Bye Bye
# Bye Bye
Excluding those who have resigned their seat to take up another political position or ill-health, there have been just a handful of resignations from parliament over principle or controversy down the years. Who are they? And why have there been so few?
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Saturday 22 March, 2014
# Parking
# Parking
A shortage of parking spaces outside the front and back of Leinster House has left some resorting to leaving their cars parked on the grass at the back of the complex.
# houses-of-the-oireachtas - Saturday 15 March, 2014
A.M. rain, then some rain and a t-storm
Max: 21 °C
Min: 11 °C
Clouds and sun with a shower; breezy
Max: 19 °C
Min: 12 °C
