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The committee asked the Minister for Health to look at other countries where ages for vaping and smoking are 21.
“I don’t believe that it’s possible to deliver something more ambitious,” Coveney said this evening.
Ukraine’s charismatic leader accepted an invitation to address the Dáil and the Seanad.
The bill was brought forward by Sinn Féin senator Lynn Boylan and will be introduced in the Seanad tomorrow.
A bill seeking to amend the Constitution by allowing remote voting to take place is going before the Dáil today.
The Agriculture Committee will hear from participants on hedgerows and the draft CAP Strategic Plan.
Senator Alice-Mary Higgins said the proposed budgets “can be strengthened” but TD Brian Leddin said more ambition is not “realistic”.
The Foreign Affairs Minister will face questions from an Oireachtas committee next week on a June 2020 champagne celebration in his department.
The saga began when MacSharry tried to circulate a report on the impact of Covid-19 on mental health last July.
Aontú TD Peadar Tóibín said the decision to refuse the invitation was “a disgrace”.
The proposed budgets setting out limits on greenhouse gas emissions still need the green-light from government.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs has ordered an investigation into a gathering of his officials in June 2020.
The legislation aims to cap rent in line inflation or 2% per annum, whichever is lower.
Seán Ó Fearghaíl will work from home and his Dáil duties will be carried out by the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.
The Oireachtas says antigen tests will not be free to TDs and Senators.
The finding was made in a report by the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee.
The minister is facing scrutiny from an Oireachtas committee over Katherine Zappone’s appointment as a UN envoy.
Michael D Higgins says he received nine Bills in one day.
The Justice Committee said today that the proposed legislation has “serious technical issues”.
Representatives of Pavee Point appeared before the Oireachtas today.
Jim Bolger’s recent comments have prompted lots of questions.
The Children’s Committee heard from a group of young people on their experiences since March 2020.
The airline’s CEO and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer appeared before a committee this morning.
‘Overwhelming majority’ have supported public health measures and would have preferred them to be more restrictive.
Funchion, who is chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Children, describes her shock over recent issues with the Mother and Baby Home Commission.
Four leading cyber security experts spoke to the Oireachtas Committee on Communications today.
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications Networks meets this morning.
Minister of State for Sport Jack Chambers says Ireland can learn from what other countries are doing.
An Oireachtas committee will hear submissions from Facebook and Twitter today on the proposed Electoral Reform Bill.
The decision to hold a referendum is ultimately one to be taken by the UK’s Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
An Oireachtas committee will meet with healthcare representative organisations later this morning.
The advisers’ pay ranges from €67,659 to €180,276, with 18 of them earning more than €100,000.
Figures obtained by TheJournal.ie show how much was owed by Dáil staff last month.
Carolan Lennon has since clarified her remarks and said Eir is “committed to Sligo”.
Reid will tell the committee today that waiting lists have stabilised.
Members of the UK’s House of Lords addressed an Oireachtas Committee about the Internal Market Bill.
The Justice Minister said there will be ‘shock and surprise’ if the UK backs out of NI Protocol.