merrion street

Minister of State with responsibility for Disability, Anne Rabbitte T.D., has today, World Autism Awareness Day, announced her intention to establish a Working Group to develop an Autism Innovation Strategy...

The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee T.D., Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly T.D., Minister of State with Responsibility for Mental Health and Older people Mary Butler T.D. and Minister of State for Public Health, Wellbeing and National Drugs Strategy, Frank Feighan T.D., have announced the establishment of a new High Level Taskforce to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of people interacting with the criminal justice system, following approval by Cabinet earlier this week...

Minister for Planning and Local Government Peter Burke has today signed the Building Control (Commencement Notices) (Residential and Childcare Services Construction) Regulations 2021...

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O'Gorman T.D., has invited applications from eligible youth organisations for funding under the Youth Climate Justice Fund 2021...

Under current policy, the Government advises against all non-essential international travel. All passengers arriving in Ireland must complete a COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form and provide evidence that they have a negative or ‘not detected’ result from a COVID-19 PCR test carried out no more than 72 hours before arrival into Ireland or have evidence that they are exempt from this legal requirement...

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, and the Minister of State for Sport and the Gaeltacht, Jack Chambers TD, today announced a provisional allocation of €3.991m to the FAI under the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) for the development of Finn Harps stadium in Donegal...

Minister for Business, Employment and Retail, Damien English, T.D., has formally referred a request to the Labour Court to consider the establishment of a Joint Labour Committee (JLC) for Tusla Registered Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare (ELC and SAC) Service Providers....

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Ireland Dr Ronan Glynn and the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland Dr Michael McBride have jointly appealed to the public across the island to continue to follow public health advice to ensure everyone can have a safe Easter...

Ministers O’Gorman and Humphreys commence the family leave provisions under the Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021, meaning parents can now avail of three weeks additional Parent’s Leave and Parent’s Benefit...

The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD has published the Report of the COVID-19 Rapid Testing Group. The report recommends widespread pilots, or feasibility studies, of rapid tests across different sectors...