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April 18th, 2012

Finance Minister Welcomes Publication of the Report of the Commission on Credit Unions

Finance Minister Michael Noonan today welcomed publication by the Commission on Credit Unions of its Report on the future of the credit union movement. The Minister commended the Commission…

April 17th, 2012

Taoiseach meets with students taking part in Kilimanjaro Challenge

Tuesday April 17th
The Taoiseach is pictured with Adi Roche, CEO of Chernobyl Children International and children…

April 17th, 2012

Summer Legislative Programme sets targets for progress across Government Departments

Government Chief Whip Paul Kehoe today announced the Legislative Programme for the Summer Parliamentary session of 2012….

April 17th, 2012

Government establishes Irish Water to reform water services – Hogan

The Government has today agreed to establish Irish Water as an independent State owned subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Eireann (BGE) group….

April 17th, 2012

Minister Quinn welcomes the establishment of a fund to support the needs of survivors of residential institutional child abuse

Education Minister Ruairí Quinn today welcomed the publication of Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill which provides for the establishment of a Statutory Fund to support the needs…

April 12th, 2012

Minister Bruton launches €150million scheme to support growing Irish companies and create jobs

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton today launched the €150million Development Capital Scheme and issued a call to Fund managers to signal their interest in establishing Funds to invest in Irish SMEs…

April 11th, 2012

New Scholarship Scheme for Higher Education – Quinn

Education Minister Ruairí Quinn today announced the establishment of a new scholarship scheme for higher education…

April 9th, 2012

Taoiseach Attends Ceremony for the 96th Anniversary of the Easter Rising

9th April 2012
Taoiseach Enda Kenny yesterday attended the ceremony to mark the 96th anniversary of the…

April 5th, 2012

Details of ceremony for 96th Anniversary of 1916 Rising announced

A ceremony to mark the 96th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising will take place outside the GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin on Easter Sunday 8th April 2012 commencing at 12 noon…

April 5th, 2012

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012 Published

Social Protection Minister Joan Burton today published the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012 to give effect to a number of reforms including those in the areas of the One-Parent Family Payment scheme…

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