Cormac McQuinn

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

Supply of skilled workers the ‘biggest risk’ to achieving retrofitting targets, says energy authority

Places to be provided over the next two years as part of efforts to boost the supply of teachers

Further €13m in funding announced for Town and Village Renewal Scheme due to its success

Seán Canney, an Independent who backed the Government last week, declined to say how he would vote this week

Party leader addresses conference in Cork, condemning Government’s ‘catastrophic’ failure on housing

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley said it is good that Ireland is ‘playing our part’, but burden must be spread

Support was buttressed by support from Independents after Government accommodated a range of demands

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

Government hopes planned short-term letting register could free up thousands of properties for use in wider rental market

Coalition has shown it can rely on Independents to bolster its razor-thin majority

Opposition ‘pairs’ arranged for absences of Helen McEntee, Simon Coveney and Joe Carey

Planned changes to care scheme seeks to ‘incentivise the selling or renting of unused homes’

Coalition is confident it will win a Dáil vote on the eviction ban but could see its working majority tighten

Violet-Anne Wynne had been paired with Minister for Justice, who is on maternity leave