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Standing Committee of the Parliament on Social Justice and Empowerment, headed by its Chairperson Ramadevi, held a meeting with officials of various Government Department and agencies on the implementation of the Central schemes for welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.

The Committee has suggested that the provision should kick in if the difference is more than 20 per cent and more than Rs 25 lakh. Read further on Dynamite News:

Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly will face a grilling by the PAC on Tuesday over payments of €360,000 from the now infamous RTE barter account

His run in the sun was a world away from the turmoil that has convulsed RTE since the disclosure he received hundreds of thousands of Euro in secret top-up payments.

On Monday the Commons will be presented with a bombshell report which names seven MPs - including former cabinet members Ms Dorries, Sir Jacob as well as Dame Priti Patel - who applied "pressure" to MPs involved in the probe into the ex-PM

In a damning report, the Public Accounts Committee said the Department for Transport ‘does not know what it is trying to achieve’.

The Committee will vote on July 12 on three FCC nominations

The PAC held a private meeting in Leinster House on Thursday morning where they decided to fast-track Mr Tubridy’s appearance

The date was agreed in private session by the Dail's public spending watchdog this morning

“Opposition members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs walked out of a meeting on July 6 after their demand to discuss the situation in Manipur was denied by the panel chief,” sources said.

The RTE broadcaster at the centre of controversy confirms he'll submit himself to a grilling by politicians