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The Government opposes this Bill on a number of grounds. Firstly, the Bill proposes what could be very resource-intensive obligations...

I am very pleased to brief the House on the outcome of last month’s meeting of the European Council which took place in Brussels on Thursday and Friday of last week, 27-28 June, the last two working days of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union...

As Taoiseach, I’m proud to speak to the European Parliament, in this Review of the Irish Presidency and the MFF. Ireland’s seventh Presidency of the Council concluded on Sunday. A hectic final week, ending an extraordinarily-busy and...

Those of us who have the honour and privilege to be elected to this House assume a unique responsibility...

At the outset, I would like to acknowledge that sensitivity of the issue we are debating and I thank colleagues for the generally respectful...

I am pleased to bring the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013 before the House. Trafficking in human beings is an appalling crime, a serious abuse of human rights and an affront to the dignity of the human person...

The urgent need for the Department of Children to conclude a bilateral adoption agreement with the Russian Authorities and in the interim to...

The publication of the Report of Mr Justice Quirke and the Government’s acceptance in full of all of the recommendations contained in it marks the...

Ireland has accorded central importance to the United Nations since it became a member in 1955. Within the UN system, Ireland has supported effective international action in areas such as disarmament, peacekeeping...

For the former residents of the Magdalen Laundries; St Mary's Training Centre Stanhope Street and House of Mercy Training School, Summerhill, Wexford, today is a profoundly important day. They have given so much of their time...