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How is a Programme for Government made?

Dáil Éireann is set to return tomorrow, with a new Government and a fresh agenda set out by the...

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18.33 21 Jan 2025


How is a Programme for Government made?


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18.33 21 Jan 2025


Dáil Éireann is set to return tomorrow, with a new Government and a fresh agenda set out by their Programme for Government.

But, how did the programme come to be, what compromises did they have to make and what goes into governmental talks?

Joining Kieran to discuss is Ossian Smyth, Minister of State for Communications and candidate for the Trinity College panel of the Seanad election and Craig Hughes, Political Editor with the Daily Mail.


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