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Ireland leading the way in anti-smoking measures - Byrne

Fine Gael Dublin South Central TD, and member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health, Catherine Byrne, has today (Tuesday) welcomed the publication of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 which will introduce plain packaging for tobacco products.

10th June 2014

Ireland leading the way in anti-smoking measures - Byrne

Fine Gael Dublin South Central TD, and member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health, Catherine Byrne, has today (Tuesday) welcomed the publication of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 which will introduce plain packaging for tobacco products.

10th June 2014

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014 Private Members' Bill - Second Stage

Section 5 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 is of its time. I accept that it should be repealed. It does not reflect current thinking and international developments concerning the rights of persons with disabilities.

10th June 2014

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014 Private Members' Bill - Second Stage

Section 5 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 is of its time. I accept that it should be repealed. It does not reflect current thinking and international developments concerning the rights of persons with disabilities.

10th June 2014

Byrne welcomes clamp down on rogue operators

Fine Gael Dublin South Central TD, Catherine Byrne, has today (Tuesday) welcomed the Government’s new legislation targeting rogue clamping operators.

10th June 2014

Byrne welcomes clamp down on rogue operators

Fine Gael Dublin South Central TD, Catherine Byrne, has today (Tuesday) welcomed the Government’s new legislation targeting rogue clamping operators.

10th June 2014

Update: Class Sizes in Naas 10th July 2014

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which primary school places and class requirements in Naas, County Kildare continue to be met; if class sizes fall within the national average...

10th June 2014

Update: Class Sizes in Kilcock 10th July 2014

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which primary school places and class requirements in Kilcock, County Kildare continue to be met; if class sizes fall within the national average...

10th June 2014

The discrepancies in the inspection regime put in place to protect vulnerable residents in direct provision centres

Currently, there are 4,353 residents in 34 Direct Provision accommodation centres across the State under contract to the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of the Department of Justice and Equality.

9th June 2014

Statement by Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Justice & Equality on the Cooke Report

A Cheann Comhairle, I welcome this opportunity for the House to debate the findings and recommendations of the report by Judge Cooke into claims of unlawful surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.

9th June 2014