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A third rate to target middle-income workers is one option outlined in the Tax Strategy Group papers.
Negotiations are set to continue tonight and tomorrow morning.
The first St. Brigid’s day public holiday will be Monday 6th February 2023.
TD John McGuinness said yesterday that Micheál Martin should step down as party leader in December.
Government will have to provide assistance, Leo Varadkar has said.
This is the first time Ireland has had a statutory sick pay scheme.
Professor Christine Loscher told The Journal that there needs to be a “coordinated response” to deal with future waves of the virus.
Varadkar says allegations against him are “politically motivated and often highly personalised
The Tánaiste said this evening that he is “pleased at the outcome” of the Garda investigation.
The proposal is set to cost €67 million.
Loans will be made available to businesses whose turnover or profit was impacted by more than 15% due to Covid-19.
The Tánaiste said he also wants clarity around when a referendum of Irish unity would be called.
The Tánaiste said he believes the UK is not being “even handed” over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
The Government has faced criticism from parents and advocates about the difficulty in finding class places for children with additional needs.
The plant is expected to create 80 full-time jobs and take in milk from 4,500 farmers.
However, the Tánaiste said he doesn’t think the plans will need to be implemented.
The public servants due to have their pay restored include medical consultants, members of the judiciary and some CEOs.
Taoiseach said renters “will be considered” in October’s budget.
Tánaiste confirmed to The Journal that the finance minister is working on the Budget proposal.
A senator said conversations that took place in the Dáil last week about arrests and prosecutions were ‘very stigmatising’.
€10 million will be available in 2022 and it will be administered by Enterprise Ireland.
Senator Lynn Ruane said words said in the Dáil can target and impact communities.
An Tánaiste accused the Sinn Féin TD of a “cheap shot” during Leaders’ Questions.
As things stand, the Tánaiste said the plan is still to wait until budget day in October.
Varadkar said other countries have other options than a taxi.
The Tanaiste said “a lot of members of the trans community are very upset” about the Liveline radio discussions.
President Michael D Higgins’ has described Ireland’s housing crisis as a “disaster”.
The Tánaiste says it is a Government commitment to index tax bands and credits.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar announced the draft plan today.
‘What I want to do is bring in a living wage, do it as quickly as possible, but not in a way that has unintended consequences,’ the Tánaiste said.
Minister of State Thomas Byrne said that 25,000 passports are being dispatched every week.
Leo Varadkar said the issues raised by refugees will be looked into.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Taoiseach Micheál Martin were in the Swiss Alpine summit this week.
Leo Varadkar is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland today.
The draft bill has gone down like a “lead balloon” with workers, said Sinn Féin’s Louise O’Reilly.
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty says rents are out of control.
“I did not commit any crime, I did not do anything corrupt,” the Tánaiste told reporters in California.
The issue was upgraded to a criminal investigation in March 2021.