Policy Links

Republic of Ireland

Kildare Street

http://www.kildarestreet.com/: A searchable database of all Seanad and Dail debates as well as information on each member.

Houses of the Oireachtas

http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/: Government website including all news on bills & legislation as well as publications and transcriptions of Oireachtas business. Also features the Agenda for the week and links to watch / listen live.

British and Irish Legal Information

http://www.bailii.org/: The British & Irish Legal Information Institute: Free access to all British & Irish case law and legislation.

Department of the Taoiseach

http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/: News from the Department of the Taoiseach

CSO

http://cso.ie/en/index.html: The Central Statistics Office website, including all publications, surveys and census statistics.

Department of Health and Children

http://www.dohc.ie/about_us/divisions/services_older_people.html: Department of Health and Children Office for Older People.

Lensus

http://www.lenus.ie/hse/pages/About%20Lenus.html: Lensus is a health repository run by the HSE.

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Assembly

 http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/index.html: Official website of the NI Assembly, including an order of business each week.

UK National Statistics

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html: The gateway to UK national statistics.

UK Parliamentary debates

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/: Debates, written questions and information on members for the UK parliament.

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index.htm: Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety website.

Direct Gov UK

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm: Information for citizens on all aspects of the UK government.

Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister

http://www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk/index/improving-public-services/policylink/policylink-northern-ireland-policy-making-case-studies.htm: Case studies on policy making in Northern Ireland.

EU

Official EU website

http://europa.eu/index_en.htm: Official website of the European Union, including a section on policies and activities.

EU Commission Stats

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/: The website of the European Commission statistics office.

EU Commission Social

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1002&langId=en : European Commission Social