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A meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIIGC) took place at Farmleigh House, on 19 January 2023.

Minister Martin today (Wednesday 18 January 2023) announced that Government has approved an Implementation Strategy and Action Plan to provide for the implementation of the recommendations made by the Future of Media Commission Report.

The Minister for Justice, Simon Harris TD, has today secured Cabinet approval to publish the Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023.

Government Chief Whip, Minister Hildegarde Naughton TD has today published the Spring Legislative Programme containing 38 bills for publication and priority drafting by Ministers in the forthcoming Oireachtas session.

Minister Darragh O’Brien, has today received Government approval to draft legislation to support the remediation of apartments and duplexes with fire safety, structural safety and water ingress defects, constructed between 1991 and 2013

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Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD, has announced the publication of the Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023, marking an important milestone in the modernisation of the law that underpins the protection of our archaeological heritage.

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, has today announced her intention to appoint the following to be members of Coimisiún na Meán:

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD together with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD have today welcomed the significant progress being made in the number of participants in Near Zero Energy Building (NZEB) and Retrofit upskilling and reskilling programmes in 2022.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D. has issued a call for proposals for Agri-Food Tourism Initiatives under the 2023 Rural Innovation and Development Fund.