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Education and Skills - School Bullying 21st January 2014

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department has monitored incidents of bullying amongst children or teenagers...

21st January 2014

Education and Skills - Adequacy of Resources for Children with Special Needs 21st January 2014

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which children with special needs continue to receive an adequate degree of services...

21st January 2014

Education and Skills - School Bullying 21st January 2014

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department has monitored incidents of bullying amongst children or teenagers...

21st January 2014

Education and Skills - Adequacy of Resources for Children with Special Needs 21st January 2014

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which children with special needs continue to receive an adequate degree of services...

21st January 2014

Reformed CAP good for Young Farmers – Comiskey

Fine Gael Sligo Leitrim Senator and Seanad Spokesperson on Agriculture Michael Comiskey today (Monday), following the release of statistics by the CSO, indicating that less than 6% of farmers in Ireland are now under 35 years, highlighted measures of the reformed common agriculture programmes aimed at encouraging young farmers into the industry.

20th January 2014

Speech delivered by Alan Shatter TD, Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence. Citizenship Ceremony, Convention Centre, Dublin

It is a great pleasure and a privilege for me to be able to join you here to share in this special day – the day you will be granted Irish citizenship, the first of our citizenship ceremonies in 2014. It is a very important day in the story of your life and it is also an important day for Ireland, as the host nation bestowing this honour on you.

20th January 2014

Publication of Revised Safety Code of Practice for Small Fishing Vessels

Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar has welcomed the publication by the Irish Maritime Administration in his Department of a revised Code of Practice for the Design, Construction, Equipment and Operation of Small Fishing Vessels (less than 15 metres length).

20th January 2014

EU offers best platform to advance Irish interests

Speaking at the Open Europe Conference for EU Reform, in London today, the Minister for European Affairs, Paschal Donohoe T.D., said that despite the challenges faced by the EU, the Union offers the best platform to our country to represent and advance our national interest.

20th January 2014

Urgent action required after confirmation that €23m in damage caused to Clare coastline - Conway

Fine Gael Clare Senator, Martin Conway, has today (Friday) reiterated his call for an urgent response to the unprecedented damage caused to coastal communities around the country. His comments come after Clare County Council estimated that in excess of €23 million euro worth of damage has been caused to the Clare coastline by the recent bad weather.

10th January 2014

Urgent action required after confirmation that €23m in damage caused to Clare coastline - Conway

Fine Gael Clare Senator, Martin Conway, has today (Friday) reiterated his call for an urgent response to the unprecedented damage caused to coastal communities around the country. His comments come after Clare County Council estimated that in excess of €23 million euro worth of damage has been caused to the Clare coastline by the recent bad weather.

10th January 2014