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What is the Oireachtas?
Ireland's national Parliament is called the Oireachtas and it's the place where the country's laws are made.
What is Dáil Éireann?
Ireland's national Parliament is called the Oireachtas and it's where the country's laws are made.
What is Seanad Éireann?
Ireland's national Parliament is called the Oireachtas and it's where the country's laws are made.
What is the President's role?
Ireland's national Parliament is called the Oireachtas and it's where the country's laws are made.
How TDs and Senators are chosen
Ireland's national Parliament is called the Oireachtas and it's where the country's laws are made.
How a Bill becomes law
Ireland's national Parliament is called the Oireachtas and it's where the country's laws are made.
How committees work
Ireland's national Parliament is called the Oireachtas and it's where the country's laws are made.
Replacement Rates for Jobseekers and One Parent Families. Analysis by Oireachtas Library & Research Service (L&RS)
In this podcast, memners of the Oireachtas Library & Research Service (L&RS) go through the impact of their work on Replacement Rates for Jobseekers and One Parent Families.
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Voices and change
Listen to Máire Geoghegan-Quinn describe how she, as Minister for Justice at the time, sponsored the political act of decriminalising homosexuality.
Clips in RTÉ's archives further show how the decriminalisation of homosexuality was discussed publicly over many years. Despite societal change, it took many years for our laws to catch up.
Voices and change
Listen to Máire Geoghegan-Quinn describe how she, as Minister for Justice at the time, sponsored the political act of decriminalising homosexuality.
Clips in RTÉ's archives further show how the decriminalisation of homosexuality was discussed publicly over many years. Despite societal change, it took many years for our laws to catch up.
Voices and change
Listen to Máire Geoghegan-Quinn describe how she, as Minister for Justice at the time, sponsored the political act of decriminalising homosexuality.
Clips in RTÉ's archives further show how the decriminalisation of homosexuality was discussed publicly over many years. Despite societal change, it took many years for our laws to catch up.
Voices and change
Listen to Máire Geoghegan-Quinn describe how she, as Minister for Justice at the time, sponsored the political act of decriminalising homosexuality.
Clips in RTÉ's archives further show how the decriminalisation of homosexuality was discussed publicly over many years. Despite societal change, it took many years for our laws to catch up.