National Parliaments and the European Union: The Constitutional Challenge for the Oireachtas and Other Member State Legislatures
IrishEyes (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
SEVERAL ITEMS IN THE Sunday Business Post hit home with me this week and I've made a five minute Qik clip to illustrate the point. Along the way, I hear the voice of Dean Whitbread reminding me that Sennheiser earbuds would improve my audio levels. On the front page sits Michael O'Leary with a plan to pocket an easy EUR 100 from every passenger who forgets to print a boarding card. This is happening...
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
In a recent speech to the Oireachtas on the NAMA bill Dan Boyle, Green Party chairperson and finance spokesperson, made the following comment: ...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
SOME WOMEN TDs have criticised calls from an Oireachtas committee to introduce temporary legislation to require political parties to adopt quotas or gender targets in their candidate selection process.
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Frankly, I found this Twitter message posted into the public domain by Ciaran Cuffe to be very insulting to those of us who have to slog away in...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
THE GOVERNMENT would not meet its own aims on ending long-term homelessness by next year unless resources were immediately provided to tackle the complex needs of homeless people, an Oireachtas committee has been warned.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
THE EQUALITY Authority has welcomed the clarifying of the law. “While the Supreme Court judgment is not as we would have wished, it is a matter for the Oireachtas to consider whether it should amend the Equal Status Act now that the Supreme Court has clarified how this Act be interpreted,” Renee Dempsey, chief executive of the Equality Authority, said.
Blog Posts about Irish TDs - (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Deputy Timmy Dooley hit the nail on the head when we asked how we would feel if we woke up in the morning to find all of our banking system owned by (say) Libya. The Report was agreed. It will be sent to the Oireachtas Finance Committee …... Continue reading »
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Since the the Ard Fheis 86 which was intended to reclaim the Dail and Sinn Fein as a 32 county voice the party has managed to end the aggressive...
Maman Poulet (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Keeping a close eye to the Oireachtas Schedule this week I noted two committee meetings that might be interesting to keep an eye to. The first is being held by the Joint Committee on the Constitution on Wednesday morning. Review of the Electoral System: The effect of PR-STV on Women’s Representation in Parliament [...]
Maman Poulet (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
One of the services that the Oireachtas Library and Research Service provides for members is a Bills Digest Service and I received a copy of the digest that has been prepared for Oireachtas members on the Civil Partnership Bill. The purpose of the Bills Digest Service is to aid Members in the scrutiny of legislation [...]
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
NORTH-SOUTH LINKS:TRAIN PASSENGERS between Belfast and Dublin are being unfairly treated, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement was told at Leinster House yesterday.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
DÁIL SKETCH:NEW AND pristine but, according to the Opposition, its financial roadworthiness untested, the special purpose vehicle (SPV) remained the elephant in the parliamentary garage throughout yesterday’s long day at the Oireachtas committee’s consideration of Nama.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
POOR RAINFALL has led to a severe deterioration in the levels of food available in parts of Ethiopia, but the unfolding crisis cannot be compared to the 1984 famine, the Irish Ambassador to Ethiopia told an Oireachtas committee yesterday.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
IRELAND IS well placed to demonstrate leadership in international efforts to address the debt crisis experienced by the developing world, an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
LARGE NUMBERS of people will be made homeless if there are any further cuts to the rent supplement scheme in the Budget, the Simon Community has told an Oireachtas committee.
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