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The Government today approved changes to the Fuel Allowance and Household Benefits schemes that will bring annual savings of €65 million. Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton TD, said: “While we want to protect...

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Mr. Alan Shatter, T.D., received the approval of the Government on 12 July 2011 to begin drafting legislation to transfer the functions of the Civil Defence Board...

Brian Hayes TD, Minister of State at the Department of Expenditure and Public Sector Reform with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW), today announced that RPS Consulting Engineers...

Mr. Phil Hogan, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has today ( 12 July, 2011) announced that he has approved funding to allow Dublin City Council to accept the €4.42m...

Finance Minister Michael Noonan spoke to the media as he departed today's Ecofin meeting in Brussels. The full doorstep can be viewed below...

12th July 2011 Taoiseach Enda Kenny today met with the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek. Following the meeting the Taoiseach and President Buzek held a press conference...

Shane McEntee TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine discussed a range of opportunities and issues in the horticulture sector with a top-level delegation from the Irish Farmers’ Association...

The National Day of Commemoration to honour all those Irishmen and Irishwomen who died in past wars or on service with the United Nations was held on Sunday July 10th. For the first time this year as well as...

"Almost 2.2 million people were benefiting from a weekly social welfare payment at the end of 2010. My Department processed over 2 million claims and made over 85.3 million payments last year. Behind these statistics is a wide range of people who are supported by my Department, including families, workers, jobseekers...

Children & Youth Affairs Minister Frances Fitzgerald and Education Minister Ruairí Quinn today jointly launched the Report of a Consultation with young people on reform of the Junior Cycle....