Measures designed to encourage breastfeeding should be halted due to the cost-of-living crisis, according to an Irish doctor.

Kevin Bakhurst will appear before an Oireachtas Committee later today.

The result of a ballot of members of the GRA will be known just before midday.

Friday's CSO report outlined the number of apartment and housing unit planning permissions granted in the country per county this year.

He is expected to appear before a sitting of Athlone District Court this morning.

Director General Kevin Bakhurst will field questions from TDs and Senators on governance, reform and financial operations at the State broadcaster.

The committee will join the Leitrim Hawthorn Project at the Mayflower in Drumshanbo at 3pm tomorrow to plant a sapling on behalf of the LGBTQ+ Community.

The development would consist of one two storey building and a single storey construction featuring enterprise units.