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Oireachtas debates: A year in review
16.01.2024
As the Houses return from recess, we take a look at the work done in the Dáil, Seanad and committees in 2023.
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Publication of Gender Pay Gap Report 2023 for Houses of the Oireachtas Service
20.12.2023
The Houses of the Oireachtas Service has published its Gender Pay Gap Report for 2023 in line with legislative requirements.
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Bust of the late Lord David Trimble unveiled at Leinster House
14.12.2023
Following the installation of a bronze bust of John Hume in Leinster House earlier this year, the Ceann Comhairle has unveiled a bust of the late Lord David Trimble in Leinster House.
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Lighting of Christmas tree begins festive season at Leinster House
8.12.2023
The Ceann Comhairle, Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl, and Cathaoirleach, Senator Jerry Buttimer, have led the ceremony of lighting the Christmas tree on Leinster Lawn, an event that has become the traditional start of the festive season in the Houses of the Oireachtas.
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Marking 30 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality with Bród 93/23
6.12.2023
The Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann, Senator Jerry Buttimer, hosted Bród 93/23 on 5 December to commemorate and celebrate the 30th anniversary of passing of legislation to decriminalise homosexuality in Ireland.
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"Ceann go Ceann" brings together the Dáil Chamber and the classroom
1.12.2023
Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl engaged with secondary school students on a range of topics as part of the Ceann go Ceann series, which affords the opportunity for candid discussion between young people and the Ceann Comhairle.
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Celebrating W.B. Yeats, “smiling public man"
27.11.2023
Gathering in the Seanad Chamber where Yeats contributed to parliamentary debates, artists, public figures and relatives of the great poet and dramatist took part in an event marking the centenary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Yeats in 1923 and his contribution to the public and political life of the new Irish State.
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National Bravery Awards 2023
13.11.2023
At the annual event in Farmleigh House, six bronze medals and 13 silver medals were awarded, along with 26 certificates, to recognise acts of bravery. A posthumous gold medal was awarded to James Nicholl, who selflessly tried to save a man drowning in the Liffey in April.
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Number of parliamentary questions published during 33rd Dáil reaches unprecedented milestone
10.11.2023
For the first time, the number of parliamentary questions (PQs) asked, replied to and published during a Dáil has exceeded 200,000. During this week, the number passed the previous record, from the 31st Dáil, of just over 198,000 questions and replies published to the site and it now stands at 200,228. Remarkably, this new record was set in 169 fewer sitting days than that accumulated in the 31st Dáil.
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Cathaoirleach attends State Opening of Parliament at Westminster
8.11.2023
At the invitation of the Lord Speaker, Lord McFall, Senator Jerry Buttimer becomes the first elected office-holder from the Houses of the Oireachtas to attend the ceremonial event that formally marks the beginning of a session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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