# Cabinet
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This week
21st April 2024 - 26th April 2024
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
IPO to prioritise asylum seekers from countries with highest number of applicants
Updated
23 Apr
30.0k
Last week
14th April 2024 - 20th April 2024
UNIFIL
Ireland to increase number of peacekeepers deployed to south Lebanon to beef up security
16 Apr
8.0k
Cabinet
Cabinet to sign off on one-year lease extension for Citywest accommodation centre
16 Apr
10.5k
19
This month
April 2024
Reshuffle
Junior Ministerial jobs up for grabs as Cabinet meets under Taoiseach Harris for first time
Updated
10 Apr
18.4k
Last month
March 2024
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
The Government unveiled two big plans around asylum seekers today - here's what they are
It involves empty office spaces and a new EU Pact.
Updated
27 Mar
59.8k
Cabinet
Simon Harris says processing asylum applications in third country is 'worth considering'
Updated
27 Mar
60.0k
taking the lead
Ex-Garda deputy commissioner to head up new stakeholder group on dog control
Updated
5 Mar
25.8k
February
February 2024
Cabinet
Changes to school transport scheme to be phased in with 'nearest school' rule to be abolished
27 Feb
22.9k
13
Prisoners
Prisoners convicted of minor crimes to undergo training programmes ahead of release
20 Feb
7.6k
50
Cabinet
Garda reserve rules to be updated ahead of campaign launch to recruit 1,000 new hires
20 Feb
11.1k
25
drug policy
Taoiseach expects Oireachtas committee on drug use to be up and running no later than April
13 Feb
7.4k
31
Cabinet
Plans to extend child benefit to over-18s still in education brought forward to May
Updated
13 Feb
21.5k
26
Migration
'Campaign of arson' on properties linked to asylum seekers is 'unprecedented', says Tánaiste
12 Feb
5.2k
Measles
Donnelly to tell Cabinet probability of introduction and spread of measles in Ireland is high
There have been increasing numbers of measles cases notified in Europe since the beginning of 2023.
MMR vaccine uptake in Ireland is currently below the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended target uptake.
The HSE is exploring developing a proposal for an MMR catch-up programme in Leaving Cert pupils.
It may also expand to college students.
Hayley Halpin
6 Feb
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January
January 2024
Passports at the ready
Business as usual for overseas St Patrick's Day trips as 11 govt politicians to head to US
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is expected to meet US President Joe Biden to mark St Patrick’s Day.
30 Jan
31.4k
95
flood forecasting
New flood forecasting centre now providing daily updates to local authorities
16 Jan
9.6k
7
Cabinet
Terms of reference for judge-led tribunal into military abuse approved by Cabinet
Updated
16 Jan
21.7k
22
Refugees
Cabinet told 500 refugees arriving from Ukraine per week, as social welfare rates set to reduce
9 Jan
40.2k
Last year
2023
Cabinet
Bank holiday penalty points hike not included in Road Traffic Bill going to Cabinet today
20 Dec 2023
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29
Cabinet
Social welfare rates reduced for new Ukrainian arrivals as new reception centres to be rolled out
A subsistence payment of €38.80 per week will be provided to those in state accommodation for 90 days.
The reduced subsistence payment will be made for the 90-day period, with an additional payment of €29.80 per child per week.
Minister Roderic O'Gorman says he doesn't envisage that homelessness will rise as a result of the new changes.
New reception centres are to come online next year.
Updated
12 Dec 2023
20.9k
Cabinet
Cabinet to approve legislation that will approve and recognise surrogacy arrangements
12 Dec 2023
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Cabinet
Social welfare cuts and 90-day state accommodation limit for new Ukrainian arrivals agreed by coalition leaders
Updated
11 Dec 2023
45.3k
Cabinet
Cabinet to decide this week on social welfare and accommodation changes for Ukrainian refugees
10 Dec 2023
21.8k
All aboard
Two rail lines proposed in All-Island Rail Review could be in line for European funding boost
5 Dec 2023
51.2k
78
recruitment appeal
Recruitment age for gardaí to rise from 35 to 50 from next month after Cabinet sign off
5 Dec 2023
21.3k
71
Cabinet
Cabinet to hear of plans to seek approval to open extradition negotiations with the UAE
5 Dec 2023
7.8k
dublin riots
Tánaiste says McEntee will have full backing of all Fianna Fáil TDs if no confidence vote called
Updated
28 Nov 2023
34.0k
Accommodation
'Real possibility' of asylum seeker accommodation shortfall in coming days, Cabinet told
28 Nov 2023
12.5k
irish peacekeepers
Approval to be sought at Cabinet for continuation of two overseas peackeeping missions
28 Nov 2023
7.3k
Cabinet
Under-pressure Justice Minister announces review of the use of force for gardaí
28 Nov 2023
40.1k
Cabinet
Sliding scale of jobseekers payment approved with PRSI hikes on the cards
Updated
21 Nov 2023
29.0k
Change
Raft of ambitious timelines in Irish Defence Forces change plan published by Government today
Updated
21 Nov 2023
20.8k
Cabinet
Housing Minister to seek Cabinet approval to extend Local Authority loans to derelict properties
14 Nov 2023
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22
Cabinet
Details of a fodder support scheme for farmers impacted by flooding to be signed off today
7 Nov 2023
5.9k