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Budget tightening means that the 2016 census will have no public consultation beforehand (although this has sprung from measures taken last year and the year before).
Many powers over the day-to-day running of the Defence Minister have been delegated to the government chief whip Paul Kehoe following Cabinet approval today.
The biggest party in the country is looking for a candidate to run in Ireland South after the surprise decision by former IFA president John Bryan not to seek the nomination.
Who chairs it and who sits on it have still to be worked out, but the banking inquiry committee is unlikely to hear evidence publicly until after the local and European elections, TheJournal.ie has learned.
Rather than vote Yes or No, a deputy will be able to officially abstain from a vote on a piece of legislation or a motion under changes likely to be implemented later this year.
It’s no surprise that the opposition doesn’t think the government has done enough Dáil reform, but TDs think that even some changes that have been introduced aren’t working.
Changes to the question time have been criticised but the government chief whip has defended the new format following near-farcical scenes in the chamber on Thursday.
TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR will make his leader’s address at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis this afternoon.
It will be Varadkar’s second Ard Fheis speech as leader of the party since replacing Enda Kenny in the summer of last year.
The speech comes as Fine Gael’s Confidence and Supply Arrangement with Fianna Fáil nears its end. Both parties have stated their desire to continue the arrangement but nothing has been formally agreed and talk of an election is rife.
So on the day of his Ard Fheis speech, we want you to assess Varadkar’s performance as Taoiseach.
Poll: Is Leo Varadkar doing a good job as Taoiseach?
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