December 7th, 2018 Deputies and climate experts left disheartened and frustrated by Ministerial no-show during important Oireachtas session on climate change. Yesterday afternoon, the Minister for Climate Action Richard Bruton TD and junior Ministers from department such as housing, agriculture and transport, presented findings from the Annual Transition Statement as Read more…
July 12th, 2018 A new Special Joint Committee to examine the State’s action to tackle climate change held its first meeting yesterday. The Committee made up of sixteen deputies and six senators was established to consider the recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on How the State can make Ireland a Leader in tackling Read more…
May 24th, 2018 The Dail opened debate yesterday on a Fianna Fail motion which seeks to overhaul the current penalty points system for fishermen who engage in unregulated, unreported, or illegal fishing. The motion, brought by Donegal Deputy Pat Gallagher, seeks to overrule the recently introduced Statutory Instrument (SI) to Read more…
