Minister Moran likened Independent Ireland proposals to to set up a new independent oversight body to address government ...

YOU’D want to have the skin of an elephant, the hardened undercarriage of a seasoned jockey, the deadened head of a super heavyweight boxer to put up with the carry-on in the department of the ...

Five Opposition party leaders are demanding that the Ceann Comhairle ensures that only Opposition TDs can participate in the Dáil's Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Members of the ...

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Sinn Féin has submitted a Dáil motion calling on Fine Gael leader and Tánaiste Simon Harris to make a statement on Senator Martin Conway. The party has asked that the motion is placed on the ...

Minister for Education Helen McEntee proposed an amendment to replace the entire motion except for the first three words, which were “That Dail Eireann.” She proposed replacing all the wording with ...

Labour and the Social Democrats have made a submission to the Dáil to scrap the pre-Dáil session prayer. Traditionally, a short prayer is read out in both Irish and English before the Dáil ...

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Former councillor Aisling Dempsey had held the position of Cathaoirleach from June until her election to Dáil Eireann, with Social Democrat Ronan Moore as leas-cathaoirleach but with Cllr Moore ...

A proposal forcing TDs to declare detail of all significant additional income and liabilities is among suggestions for Dail reform made by opposition parties. Parties were invited to make ...

The party wants an ‘Irish Unity Week’ that would see ministers in the Stormont Executive address the Dail. It called for “a week-long dedicated Dáil sitting in the North” at the beginning ...

Labour and the Social Democrats have both suggested a variety of other measures to modernise and streamline Dail business, including replacing the daily Dail prayer with a period of silent reflection.