# programme-for-government - Sunday 14 May, 2017
Referendums on “women’s place in the home” and “blasphemy” were included in the Programme for Government.
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# programme-for-government - Saturday 13 May, 2017
Last week we looked at its record on health and housing. This week we’re looking at jobs and education.
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# programme-for-government - Saturday 6 May, 2017
In the first of this two part series, we look at health and housing.
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# programme-for-government - Sunday 11 September, 2016
An ongoing row about cardiac care services in Waterford could have serious consequences for the Government.
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# programme-for-government - Sunday 14 August, 2016
The Programme for Government was published back in May, promising to make society fairer – has it delivered?
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# programme-for-government - Wednesday 11 May, 2016
A sugar tax is part of the Programme for Government.
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They’re two major crises. Here’s how they’ll be tackled.
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There had been concerns among campaigners that the issue might be set aside.
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The Programme for Government was launched today.
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The ‘partnership’ government has just published its plan of action. It might mention the word ‘fair’ a lot.
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The clause says the measure is to “address poor attendance within some families”.
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# programme-for-government - Thursday 25 September, 2014
Pretty well, if he does say so himself.
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# programme-for-government - Tuesday 13 May, 2014
The cabinet have agreed on plans to reform the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001.
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# programme-for-government - Monday 14 April, 2014
Minister Frances Fitzgerald had promised in early March that the bill would be published soon.
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# programme-for-government - Tuesday 4 March, 2014
Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore launched the third annual report on the progress made on the programme for government in Dublin today.
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Promises kept and promises broken. As the government marks three years in office today, we assess some aspects of the programme for government.
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# programme-for-government - Friday 21 June, 2013
The now independent TD has defended his decision to resign from the Labour Party in the wake of claims he committed “an electoral con-job” on the people of Dublin West.
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# programme-for-government - Thursday 6 June, 2013
There is a clear opportunity for a new broad based, progressive, political party that proposes a vision for a new Ireland based on the values of social and economic equality, writes Rory Hearne.
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# programme-for-government - Sunday 31 March, 2013
He also called for an immediate renegotiation of the Programme for Government.
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# programme-for-government - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore gave a press conference today to mark the coalition’s second anniversary in office.
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# programme-for-government - Saturday 2 February, 2013
The demand for Minister James Reilly to honour the coalition’s commitment in the Programme for Government comes as German survivors receive an extra €120 million in entitlements per year.
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# programme-for-government - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
However, Enda Kenny wouldn’t discuss what might be on or off the table for Budget 2013.
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# programme-for-government - Thursday 7 June, 2012
Sixteen projects are due to be completed in the next few years, with both off-road and on-road routes.
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# programme-for-government - Tuesday 5 June, 2012
Ninety-one schools have been given the green light to start construction on permanent classrooms.
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# programme-for-government - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
The Minister of State for Primary Care says she plans to have legislation for the first phases of free GP care to be drafted and enacted by the summer.
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# programme-for-government - Friday 24 February, 2012
The scheme will transform Ireland’s healthcare into a “single-tier” system, the Department of Health said.
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# programme-for-government - Monday 30 January, 2012
The issue of whistleblowers, which is contained in the Programme for Government, has been highlighted in recent weeks following the dismissal of Louise Bayliss.
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# programme-for-government - Sunday 22 January, 2012
But the Minister for Social Protection suggested the Government still hoped to raise €2billion by selling State assets.
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# programme-for-government - Friday 18 November, 2011
The government has said publicly it wants to use State asset sell-off revenue for job creation but confidential documents paint a different picture.
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# programme-for-government - Thursday 17 November, 2011
The National Transport Authority is looking for 500 volunteers to test out the long-awaited ticket before it is officially rolled out for the whole city.
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# programme-for-government - Tuesday 2 August, 2011
Fixyourstreet.ie allows residents to report local problems online or in a tweet – and the government has promised to respond to every single one.
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# programme-for-government - Saturday 30 July, 2011
The Government has revealed some of the hard-hitting measures it will take in the December Budget and it makes tough reading for some.
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# programme-for-government - Thursday 9 June, 2011
Michael Noonan tells the Dáil that the prospect of increasing income taxes for the first time in years isn’t off the table.
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# programme-for-government - Wednesday 25 May, 2011
The 24th Seanad convenes for the first time today, amid government plans to scrap the upper house of the Oireachtas for good.
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# programme-for-government - Wednesday 4 May, 2011
Emily O’Reilly has said the general public should be able to place Freedom of Information requests with public bodies like the gardaí, Central Bank and NAMA.
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# programme-for-government - Tuesday 8 March, 2011
The price of government borrowing was higher yesterday than it was when we accepted the €67.5bn bailout in November.
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# programme-for-government - Monday 7 March, 2011
The SFA is cautiously welcoming the programme for government which is its says is “good and bad for small firms”.
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# programme-for-government - Sunday 6 March, 2011
Details that have so far emerged include the Department of Finance being split into two, the formation of an economic council, and an agreement to reduce the deficit by 2015.
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# programme-for-government - Monday 28 February, 2011
Enda Kenny will this morning begin the task of trying to form a new government – and began by calling Labour last night.
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Poser: Does the government comment on its Budget plans?
Here’s one for the Budget theorists – there are some things the government WILL rule out, and some things it won’t…
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