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Ceann Comhairle visits Congressional Budget Office on Capitol Hill
7.02.2018
The Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, visited Washington DC yesterday for a day of meetings on Capitol Hill.
Read moreReport on proposed data protection law recommends digital age of consent of 13 years of age
2.02.2018
The Committee on Justice and Equality has completed its pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Data Protection Bill and has published its recommendations in a new report.
Read moreVótáil 100 conference on representation, gender and politics hosted by RIA
2.02.2018
The first Vótáil 100 event, a conference entitled Representation, Gender and Politics: Past and Present, was held at the Royal Irish Academy yesterday.
Read moreCommemoration of centenary of women's suffrage launched
30.01.2018
Vótáil 100, the commemoration of the centenary of the parliamentary vote for women in Ireland, was launched in Leinster House today.
Read moreReport on building standards published
24.01.2018
The Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government has launched a report entitled Safe as Houses? A Report on Building Standards, Building Controls & Consumer Protection.
Read moreHouses of the Oireachtas beta website shortlisted for Digital Media Awards 2018
18.01.2018
The Houses of the Oireachtas beta website has been selected as a finalist in the Digital Media Awards 2018. The website was developed with design firm Each&Other.
Read moreOireachtas library display commemorates Ireland’s opposition to conscription in 1918
15.01.2018
The Oireachtas Library & Research Service is exhibiting a copy of Ireland’s Case Against Conscription, written by Éamon de Valera in 1918.
Read more156 Bills published and 41 Acts passed in 2017
21.12.2017
The Houses of the Oireachtas have passed 41 Acts in 2017, while 156 Bills were published this year.
Read moreCommittee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution publishes report
20.12.2017
The Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution has published its final report. The committee was established to consider the report and recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on the eighth amendment of the Constitution.
Read moreReport highlights plight of migrant workers in fishing industry
14.12.2017
The Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation has launched its report on the situation of non-EEA crew in the Irish fishing fleet under the atypical worker permission scheme.
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