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At the 100th International Labour Convention of the ILO in June 2011, Irish officials participated in the working group which led to the adoption of the ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers (ILO Convention No.189)...

The law enforcement efforts being taken to prevent the cultivation of cannabis and the trading of prescription drugs. – Derek Keating...

DDputy Pearse Doherty To discuss the growing community safety concerns in isolated rural communities arising from the reduction in Garda Resources in recent years...

It gives me great pleasure to address the International Conference on Ocean Energy this morning in the National Convention Centre in Dublin city on the banks of the river Liffey, as it sweeps out to Dublin Bay. On behalf of the Government I’d like...

Ladies and Gentlemen It is a pleasure to be here for the launch of the Credit Guarantee Scheme and of the Quarter Three Report of the Action Plan on Jobs. This is a week that has seen some welcome news on the jobs front. And, as this...

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen. Thank you for your attendance here this morning. Today we are publishing the third Quarterly Progress Report on our Action Plan for Jobs 2012...

I thank the Senator for raising this matter on the adjournment. I am speaking on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, who regrets that he is unable to be present due to other business. The Minister shares your concern...

Minister of State for Tourism & Sport Michael Ring today attended the opening of Ireland’s first Padel court in Rockbrook Park Secondary School Rathfarnham. Described as a scaled down version of tennis, and as Ireland’s newest sport, Padel is...

Reforming local Government is about solving problems and providing services that have a direct impact on all of our lives. We need local Government to be more democratic and more responsive, and we need that reform to happen while at the same...

Welcome everyone to Dublin Castle. It is noteworthy that we are here in the former home of governance in Ireland to launch one of the most radical, ambitious and far reaching governance reform plans ever put forward by an Irish Government...