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Update: Integrated Transport Sector - Transport 1st October, 2014

fully coordinated and integrated transport sector to meet the needs of road, rail, air and sea traffic

1st October 2014

Update: Enhanced Road Safety - Transport 1st October, 2014

his proposals for enhanced road safety

1st October 2014

Update: Business Tourism - Tourism 1st October, 2014

business tourism may be expanded here with particular reference to the potential use of this country as a unique location for business conferences

1st October 2014

We must extend Breastcheck - Doherty

Fine Gael Meath East TD, Regina Doherty has today (Tuesday) said that it is imperative we extend the successful Breastcheck programme to women over 65 in order to save more lives.

30th September 2014

Statement from the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD

I wish to address a number of issues in relation to the appointment of John McNulty to the Board of Directors of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA).

30th September 2014

Statement from John McNulty

I have informed the Taoiseach that under the circumstances, I am withdrawing my name and asking the Members of the Oireachtas not to vote for me in the upcoming Seanad bye-election.

30th September 2014

Keane urges community to get on board and support local mental health organisations

Fine Gael candidate in the Dublin South West bye-election, Senator Cáit Keane, has called on people to support the local mental health organisations, saying the work they do is often unacknowledged.

30th September 2014

Amendment to Electoral Act to allow people on holidays to vote - Stanton

Fine Gael TD for Cork East, David Stanton, has today (Tuesday), put forward an amendment to the Electoral Act 1997, to give people who are away on holidays the facility to vote by post in elections.

30th September 2014

The situation of Women in emerging democracies following the Arab revolution

The Arab Spring of 2011, seen as a generally peaceful uprising of citizens, spread quickly across North Africa and into some countries of the Arabian Peninsula.

30th September 2014

Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider legislation similar to that in the United Kingdom limiting the height of trees in small suburban gardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

30th September 2014