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The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, T.D., today announced the allocation of 3,000 additional Back to Education Initiative (BTEI) places to Vocational Education Committees...

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Mr. Alan Shatter, T.D., has welcomed the report by the Smithwick Tribunal to the Clerk of the Dail yesterday, in line with motions passed by the Oireachtas in early June....

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, has today announced funding of €0.93m in grant aid to the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) and Sheep Ireland to support improvements in the breeding of cattle and sheep in 2011....

Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton spoke to media today following his keynote speech at a Cloud Computing Conference organised by Public Affairs Ireland. The audio of the doorstep can be heard below...

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton T.D. has written to Government colleagues to establish a cross-Government implementation group on cloud computing, he announced in a keynote speech...

Environment Minister Phil Hogan today published the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011. Key points in the bill include changes in the terms of reference of the Constituency Commission which will reduce...

Phil Hogan T.D., Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government today (30.6.2011) published the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011 and in line with the Programme for Government, announced changes...

Thursday 30th June 2011 Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Tourism Minister Leo Varadkar today launched the first ever Irish Short-stay Visa Waiver Programme....

The preliminary results of the 2011 Census were published today,and a press conference was held at Government Buildings by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)....

Following Government approval, Mr Phil Hogan, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, today (30th June) announced the nomination of two full members and one new alternate member...