Taoiseach says parents without card can ‘go through the rigmarole’ of filling in forms

Taoiseach highlights investment in special needs amid FF accusations of ‘inertia’

Damien English told to ‘get your head out of the sand’ and help homeowners fix defects

Landlords seeking ‘sex for rent’ from tenants, Dáil hears

Varadkar cites Lisdoonvarna, Wicklow Town as examples where discussions ‘allayed fears’

Creed appeals to protesters to ‘step back for the sake of fellow farmers’

Varadkar insists card is “absolutely not IDcard’ as gardaí not allowed to ask for it

French ‘unbelievably helpful’, will have separate lane for Irish trucks from UK at Calais

Taoiseach calls for compromise as total out of work in sector during dispute hits 6,000

Meeting the Taoiseach, Brexit, bus stops and ’violence’ of French education system

Claims made that two entrances to be used, one for elected members and one for staff

TD makes call as 18 weeks of unpaid parental leave increases to 22 from September

Senator calls for universal payment for school clothes, footwear and free books

Minister defends climate-friendly driving claims and says he is trialing electric vehicles

FF TD John Lahart says Government wants people to change ‘yet their own house is not remotely in order’

Clinical need will determine access to clinics as smear test backlog to be cleared in weeks

Tender process to commission polling company to select 99 voters on electoral register

Patients waiting six months told they are HPV negative when actually HPV positive

Taoiseach expected to acknowledge State’s role in repeated failures, errors in Dáil

Too few people in CervicalCheck managing too many projects, rapid review finds

Technical problem uncovered by woman who questioned delay in getting her results

Results of more than 4,000 smear test not affected by ‘major communications failure’

Document proposes encouraging employees to breastfeed until child’s second birthday

Section preventing schools asking questions will not come into effect for two years

Bill rushed through Dáil, Seanad on cooperation with PSNI, UK

GPs to receive test results from today following IT glitch as HSE directly contacts ‘small number’ of 800 women

Minister says other departments are foisting issues onto Department of Rural Development

Reforming legislation also increases powers of regulator over English language schools

District Court judges’ retirement age to increase from 65 to 70

Tánaiste says PNA has been patient with Government’s slow progress on resolution

‘We have to look at bigger picture, time beyond Brexit,’ FF’s Lisa Chambers says

Two very different men ‘both made enormous contributions’ to Irish life

Family of women whose deaths became high profiles cases observed as Bill completed

Bill unexpectedly passes committee stage after more than 100 hours of Seanad debate

‘We failed as a State and as a society,’ education minister Joe McHugh tells Dáil

Taoiseach says State will vote against Mercosur deal ‘if it is not in Ireland’s interests’

Varadkar defends Kehoe as FF leader claims military had ‘lost all confidence’ in him

Varadkar said remarks ‘caused offence to people I never intended to offend’

Minister will also consider requiring car manufacturers to put instal ’speed limiters’

Minister repeats claims they could ‘thwart, limit, frustrate’ South American countries

Varadkar says two vessels unlikely to be back in service when maintenance completed

Bríd Smith withdraws claim Leo Varadkar told ‘deliberate lies’ on climate change commitment

Payments to be made to 13 appellants and ex-gratia scheme will be re-opened

Lengthy stays due to lack of home-help hours, care packages, respite support, says TD

EU Commission to take infringement proceedings against Ireland on fishery penalties

Minister challenges Opposition on safeguards they would abandon for reduced cost

Landmark legislation first proposed 20 years ago, dealt with by Dáil in less than two hours

Howlin hits out at decision not to allow pay commission examine soldiers’ core pay

Doherty rejects claims Phil Hogan being made ‘scapegoat’ in beef deal

‘I have offended a lot of people...I do apologise and I am going to withdraw the remarks’

Minister for Agriculture has vowed to ‘dismantle’ EU-Mercosur agreement

Bill passed to allow relatives deal with estates where evidence shows death almost certain

Martin tells Varadkar not to be ‘petty, silly or idiotic’ in clashes over Dunkettle Interchange

Micheál Martin claims Government’s ‘litany of failures’ have doubled child homelessness

Humphreys says impact of Brexit will be key to economic assessment of Mercosur

Minister of State to meet chair and board of Irish Greyhound Board to discuss dog welfare issues

Minister says costs of acute hospitals, medical card and treatment abroad schemes to blame

Minister Eoghan Murphy says rents still too high and time needed for measures to work

Trade deal could be ‘death knell’ for Irish beef sector, FF leader says

Labour Senator asks politicians not to attend over Trump’s handling of migration

Paul Kehoe defends Defence Forces participation in EU battle group approved by Dáil

TDs, Senator say their farewells to Leinster House on last day in Oireachtas

Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin critical of ministers over spending on children’s hospital

Bill aims to set up alternative system for dealing with claims arising from controversy

Varadkar says Government is taking Eir comments to Oireachtas ‘seriously’

Government accused of treating health support workers as ‘menials’

Doherty says social welfare bonus and health overspend not included in calculations

Telecoms firm tells Oireachtas committee it is ‘certain’ plan can be delivered for €1bn

Opposition says union does not trust Government on job evaluation process

Swimming bans in Dublin the result of lack of investment, says Irish Water

Fianna Fáil confirms it will support move

Bill bans microparticles in soaps, shower gels, scrubs but excludes ‘wear off’ products

Judicial Council Bill deals with conduct of judges and disciplinary measures

Fourteen personnel to serve on four-month rotations in war-torn African country

Tánaiste says days of self-regulation are over and Bill should be ready by end of this year

Minister warned ‘it’s a mistake you’ll regret’ to run roughshod over Fianna Fáil

Varadkar tells Dáil ‘I have the measure of Trump’ after their meeting in Shannon

Minister for Finance says it is too early to say if IFAC’s recent concerns are legitimate

Minister halts legislation after meeting advocacy groups, lawyers, social workers

Varadkar says work stoppage could be avoided by referral to Labour Court

Dáil suspended as Paschal Donohoe accused of telling a ‘lie’ by Kerry TD

Minister for Defence wants to deploy 14 members of Army Ranger Wing

Taoiseach says ‘I was wrong at the time’ to think all cases could be settled by mediation

Taoiseach insists legislation would result in gratuities being taxed

Legislation ‘soon’ on access programme for drug for specific conditions – Taoiseach

Labour leader Brendan Howlin warned the Dáil with HSE workers set to strike

Varadkar says treatment of former garda ‘sexist’ and that Ireland has changed since 1980s

Bill to prohibit practice, with loss of 100 jobs, has support of all parties except Fine Gael

Minister expects authorities to take necessary action to ensure voting rights of soldiers

Cervical cancer case: Minister accused of ‘putting politics ahead of common decency’

IFPO seeking legal advice on overturning agreement between Ireland and UK

Emergency anti-terrorist and organised crime legislation renewed for another year

‘No freeze on provision of home help hours’ Minister for Older People insists

Government under pressure after defeat on vote over Defence Forces pay, conditions

Non-public facilities will be at ‘very low level’, Minister Bruton says

Pollutants from continental Europe also contributed to air quality breach in February

Case of termination after misleading test result raised by Peadar Tóibín under privilege

Leo Varadkar says the extension of provision for Leaving Cert pupils would be ‘sensible’

Minister warns legislation will mean tips being taxed under PAYE system

Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin clash over CervicalCheck report in the Dáil