Taoiseach wants full review of Progressing Disabilities Services Programme after Anne Rabbitte claims senior HSE officials blocked her from holding meetings

Youth council delegates will debate issues such as mental health, climate change, body image, drugs and alcohol, youth facilities and LGBTIQ+

A portion of the ceiling at the top of a staircase leading to the Dáil Chamber fell last summer, raising fears of water damage to the Dáil artwork underneath.

The six women elected to Dáil Éireann, dismissed by their male colleagues as the grieving wives, mothers and sisters of the heroic dead, were political forces who had each arrived at a strongly held position on the Treaty, writes Deputy Political Editor Elaine Loughlin

As the Dáil returned, all the greatest hits in mud-flinging were played, reducing Marc MacSharry's resignation from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party, which should have been seismic, to a mere footnote in a performance everyone is sick of watching

Oireachtas social protection committee also investigating issue

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is in detailed discussions with Nphet about redrafting the thresholds for allowing the country to reopen to take vaccine rates into account

Three specific new measures to enable gardaí respond to the problem

Restrictions on the number of TDs who can sit in the Dáil, reduced working hours and limited committee time has hampered the work of our elected representatives but some newbies have still made an impact, writes Deputy Political Editor Elaine Loughlin

Spokesman for the Tánaiste said Mr Varadkar had not been contacted by gardaí

The Dying with Dignity Bill, climate change, and the ongoing housing crisis are among the most pressing issues on the Oireachtas agenda as the new term begins this week

No public committees until further notice 

During one of those Capitol Hill hearings Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg occasionally attends, one of the challenges facing our world was underlined in a cringe-making way.

The Irish Association of Social Workers has said it is aware of some of its members being targeted for online threats and abuse. 

Helen McEntee has launched a new bill that would make the making and sharing of intimate images without consent a crime.

The Social Democrats will put forward a Private Members Motion in the Dáil on Wednesday to phase out state support for the Irish greyhound racing industry. Ireland will see funding to the Greyhound industry increase to €19.

Sinn Féin is tabling a motion of no-confidence after it emerged Tánaiste leaked documents to NAGP

The Social Democrats say it will support a no-confidence motion in Tánaiste Leo Varadkar in the Dáil next week. It comes as Labour are also set to support the Sinn Féin motion when it goes before the Dáil on Tuesday.

In a country that has seen seismic changes in recent years, 90 minutes in Dáil Éireann last night confirmed to most in Irish society that nothing has really changed.

The Tánaiste was accused of being "complicit or a stooge" in efforts to damage the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) during a lengthy Dáil questions and answers session.

Martin has asked his department to examine what correspondence exists between it and the now-defunct National Association of General Practitioners

The Tánaiste told the former head of a GPs union that a contract he had supplied him with could not be taken as final, it was revealed in the Dáil this evening.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has made a strong show of support for Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, saying he has confidence in him, despite acknowledging he should not have shared a confidential document the way he did.

The chairs of the youth and LGBTQ wings of the Green Party have both resigned. A statement issued jointly by Tara Gilsenan and Tiernan Mason says that they feel they have been "overlooked, left out, ignored.

Health minister to take questions from opposition on 'who knew what and when'

Mr Healy-Rae told the Taoiseach his comments were "a disgrace"

'I just want to be allowed to have the choice to control the circumstances of my death much as I have made decisions about my own life'

The proposed law is debated — for and against, respectively — by the cathaoirleach of the Metropolitan District of Limerick, Sarah Kiely, and Independent senator, Rónán Mullen

The Taoiseach said he is "not happy" with politicians leaving public office to join interest groups.

Our elected representatives took over an hour to decide what they wanted to talk about today

'Now is not the time to be cutting supports,' says Mary Lou McDonald

It's been just over a week since academic Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin came forward with her experience of harassment at University College Dublin in The Irish Time.

It cost almost €500,000 to hold Dáil and Seanad sittings in the Convention Centre in just one month. The new figures have been released under the Freedom of Information Act.

The bill has several high profile backers in Tom Curran, husband of Marie Fleming and Vicky Phelan

Sinn Féin has accused the government of delaying oversight into public spending.

The Greens decided to sanction Deputy Neasa Hourigan and Minister of State Joe O'Brien for voting against the Government and abstaining.

The time has come for Fianna Fáil to dust themselves off and learn from their mistakes. However, is that likely?

Under the proposal the Government is seeking that the speaking time for Groups/Parties reflect the proportionate membership of the House.

Ms Connolly beat the agreed government candidate Fine Gael's Fergus O'Dowd in a further embarrassment to the Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Green Party coalition.

The Government has been accused of seeking to “muzzle” the Opposition by restricting the numbers of TDs sitting on 24 Dáil committees, due to be announced tomorrow.

TDs are likely to work through July and return to the Oireachtas in early September to make up for lost government time.

In a moment that ends civil war politics here, Fine Gael and Green Party TDs voted with Fianna Fáil to elect a new government.

Fianna Fáil’s finance spokesperson Michael McGrath has said that the “emphatic” nature of the yes vote for the programme for government in all three parties gives the incoming coalition government a strong mandate.

Transport Minister Shane Ross said the nature of the tests makes it hard to social distance.