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# Programme for Government

This week
16th February 2025 - 21st February 2025
Laws allowing nightclubs to stay open later put on the long finger by government
Last week
9th February 2025 - 15th February 2025
'Nowhere else was getting money like Cork was under the last government'
How much money does each county get for major capital projects? We may be about to find out.
Paul Murphy pushes back on Super Juniors: 'No more snouts at the Leinster House trough'
Paul Murphy
Last month
January 2025
Fine Gael parliamentary party and members vote in favour of Programme for Government
Occupied Territories Bill to be replaced by new legislation, Martin confirms
Incoming Government kicks National Security Strategy can further down the road
'Risky' dermal fillers will only be administered by professionals under new coalition's plans
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A dash of Healy Rae won't liven up the government's dry five-year plan
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Cautious optimism on future of assisted dying despite omission from Programme for Government
Analysis: Vague plans and no setting out of 'first 100 days' priorities in new Programme for Government
There are no promises to achieve anything in the first 100 days of office, unlike programme for government documents of the past.
Helen McEntee says powers of arrest for public transport police yet to be 'explored’
The most surprising and eyebrow-raising commitments in the Programme for Government
Programme for Govt: Transport security, cheaper childcare and 'open the Children’s Hospital’
The programme for government sets out the roadmap for Irish political decisions over the next five years.
Simon Harris likely to take beefed up Foreign Affairs role as PfG details revealed
The VAT rate for the food-led hospitality sector, entertainment and hairdressing is also set to be cut to 9%.
Michael Healy-Rae confirms he will be a junior minister, likely in Department of Agriculture
'That's not my fault': Minister pushes back on suggestion she could insist on gender-balanced Cabinet
Next government wants to create dedicated public transport police
Getting a government up and running by 22 January increasingly viewed as unrealistic
Taoiseach Simon Harris says a government should be in place by the end of the month.
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Varadkar says he has a ‘burning desire’ to bring hope as he's elected Taoiseach
Govt won't oppose hospital parking bill, but department 'working on plans' to cap daily charge
Taoiseach admits Government needs to 'work harder' to increase supports for transgender teens
'My beef is the road not going ahead': A Limerick road is causing division lines between Fianna Fáil and the Greens
Principle or pragmatism: Ambiguity surrounds the Shared Island Unit, months after launch
Our family law courts are not fit for purpose and we owe it to children to address this now
Karen Kiernan
Explainer: What's in the FF-FG-Green programme for government?
Explainer: What happens if the Programme for Government is rejected by one of the three parties?
Eamon Ryan: No one has 'discussed or agreed' alternative approach if PfG rejected
Mark Ruffalo says fossil fuel companies want to 'junk Ireland up' with fracked gas
Opinion: We should have tackled climate change 20 years ago but the second best time is now
John Gibbons
Coveney says 'we can't rule out' another general election
Poll: Do you support the draft programme for government?
'That's the Green way': Catherine Martin says party will accept if members vote against government deal
Ciarán Cuffe: There's an extraordinary opportunity here for the Greens in government
Ciarán Cuffe
Paul Murphy: Green members shouldn't back the deal with FF and FG - it's just not worth it
Paul Murphy
Youth wing of Fine Gael to vote against coalition as Varadkar warns of 'political crisis' if deal doesn't go through
Green TD who helped negotiate programme for government says she can't fully endorse it
Universal basic income: Next government commits to a pilot programme to trial it
Éamon Ó Cuív and Saoirse McHugh say they won't back programme for government
Criticism over lack of reference to Occupied Territories Bill in draft programme for government
Draft government agreement commits to spending €360m a year on cycling and pedestrian projects