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Eoghan Murphy, Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government today (5th July 2017) published the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017 which provides for second extensions of planning permissions in certain circumstances.

Minister for Health, Simon Harris, today (Wednesday) launched Ireland's ambitious new ten-year National Cancer Strategy, following its approval by Government.

Minister Coveney leaves for a three day programme of meetings in Paris, London and Bratislava, with Brexit will be high on the agenda in each capital.

he Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton TD, together with the Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, today announced capital funding of €343,000 for St Angela’s College, Sligo.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney TD, travelled to Belfast this morning for further meetings with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the political parties.

The Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran T.D. today met with Fiona Hyslop, MSP, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs

Today’s Exchequer Returns show that for the second quarter of 2017 the Exchequer recorded a surplus of €2,485 million, a year-on-year improvement of €3,628 million, underpinned by proceeds of the AIB share disposal;

Responding to recent commentary in relation to the National Broadband Plan DCCAE wants to clarify that the National Broadband Plan procurement process has not been paused and is continuing in parallel with commercial deployment of high speed broadband by commercial operators.

Following the latest hearing in the court case in Egypt involving Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney, has issued the following statement this afternoon.

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D., and the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ciarán Cannon, T.D., today jointly announced a call for applications for the Africa Agri-Food Development Programme (AADP).