Neasa Hourigan

Rebel TD’s support ahead of Dáil confidence vote remains unclear

Labour Party tables motion of no confidence in Government, while Sinn Féin proposes legislation that would see eviction ban extended into 2024

Unrest in Green Party over suspension of Neasa Hourigan

Varadkar ‘disappointed’ at DUP’s refusal to return to Stormont in spite of Windsor Framework

Minister of State Pippa Hackett believes Coalition has a safe majority should confidence votes arise over eviction ban

Inside Politics Digest: Coalition will try to move the agenda on from evictions ban, but issue will roll into another week

Dublin Central TD loses all Oireachtas committee positions, including €10,082-a-year role as Oireachtas budgetary oversight committee chair

Green and Independent votes under pressure this week as Opposition lays down challenges

Green Party politicians voice concerns on ending eviction ban, but sources say a number of measures agreed including council purchases of homes as social housing

Vote to come amid recriminations in Green Party after TD for Dublin Central Neasa Hourigan signals she will vote with Sinn Féin against Government

TD says she will oppose Coalition during Sinn Féin motion about decision to end eviction ban

Leo Varadkar this week defended Government’s decision to let moratorium lapse at the end of March

Two messages posted in Whatsapp group for party’s elected representatives, understood to be raising concern about the tweet, were deleted by another TD

Unfinished plan to allow tenants first refusal on properties could prompt rush to market before its introduction

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said pause had helped build up capacity in last-resort housing

Hourigan sharply critical of party leader Eamon Ryan for agreeing to eviction decision

Expectation is that three Coalition leaders will agree on Monday evening to extend ban in some form

Environmental groups fear new planning and development Bill will curtail access to justice and limit judicial review

Five public representatives describe a world of threats, insults and fear, driving one to conclude: ‘I’ve gone past the stage of recommending politics to people’

Timetable for legislation still achievable despite Green Party’s push for extensive input from environmental NGOs which have been critical of the Bill

Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan says it is time to question the use of consumption taxes

Party members urged to pressure leader Eamon Ryan over ‘damascene conversion’ to trade deal

Patrick Costello lost party whip earlier this year over a different Dáil vote, with suspension due to end on Friday

Joy among colleagues concentrated in left wing while most of party left cold on question of EU-Canada trade deal

Some 7,000 submissions were made during a public consultation process as part of the ongoing review into the State’s existing abortion laws

Government departments urged to consider formal indexation amid belief it could improve transparency

Large number of TDs indicate they would vote against the Coalition

The breach with Hourigan and Costello comes as tensions within the Green party over the ratification of the Canada-EU trade deal may be about to reignite

Two green TDs lost whip for six months after voting with Sinn Féin on NMH motion

Coalition abstained on Sinn Féin motion calling for hospital to be built on land owned by State

Agreement unchanged after intense debate over ownership and ethos of new hospital

Case for pushing forward now on basis of current agreement questioned by Hourigan

Cabinet approval for deal could be granted conditionally on Tuesday, senior source says

Language in new hospital documents subject to recent scrutiny over potential influence of Church

Minister considering options including clarification of ‘clinically appropriate’, says source

Party colleagues pen letter calling on Cabinet members to ‘delay the sign off of proposal’

Marron Estates Ltd had appealed decision of Dublin City Council to refuse permission for hotel at historic pub

Finance committee asks top civil servant for documents relating to TCD appointment

Oireachtas committee says any actions taken should focus on lower income, rural and older households

Paul Reid says ‘absolutely not’ HSE policy to ask staff to leave after making protected disclosures