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Minister Harris announces €5.8 million for community education
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has announced that €5.8m has been granted for community education.
Minister Harris announces four retrofitting centres of excellence
€250 payment to be made to third level students today, Minister Harris confirms
71,000 students will receive an additional €250 in their student grant payment starting today
Review of student support scheme announced by Minister Harris
Minister for Health welcomes passing of Referendum Bill through Second Stage in the Dáil
The Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD, today (Wednesday) welcomed the passing of the Referendum Bill through Second Stage in the Dáil.
Minister Harris gets green light for €1bn new children’s hospital
The Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD, today announced that the Government has approved the investment required to enable the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board to award the construction contracts for the building of the main children’s hospital on the St James’s Hospital campus and the two Paediatric Outpatients and Urgent Care Centres on the Tallaght and Connolly Hospitals campuses.
Varadkar and Harris announce significant measures to help People with Disabilities get into employment
Minister Varadkar, Minister Harris and Minister McGrath together published the “Make Work Pay” Report, designed to help people with disabilities to achieve their ambitions and find work, and to remove the many barriers which prevent them from doing so.
Standardised Packaging of Tobacco to be signed into law, to come into force in September
Minister for Health, Simon Harris and Minister of State, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy today (Wednesday) announced that the legislation for the standardised packaging of tobacco is to come into force in September 2017.
Minister Harris cuts prescription charges for over 390,000 people
Minister for Health Simon Harris today announced that 390,000 people over 70 years with a medical card, including their dependents, will benefit from reductions to prescription charges.
Minister Harris publishes ‘milestone’ report on Cannabis for Medical Use
Minister for Health, Simon Harris today published the Health Products Regulatory Authority’s report Cannabis for Medical Use – A Scientific Review and announced that he has decided to establish a compassionate access programme for cannabis-based treatments.