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Feighan welcomes creation of 40 jobs in Roscommon by global biopharma company, Alexion

Fine Gael TD for Roscommon/South Leitrim, Frank Feighan, has welcomed the news that global biopharma company, Alexion, is set to create 40 jobs following its acquisition of a facility at Monksland, Co Roscommon.

3rd February 2014

Govt has delivered more political reform than any other – Coghlan

Leading for the Government in a debate on political reform in the Seanad, Fine Gael Kerry Senator and Seanad Chief Whip, Paul Coghlan, said that this Government has delivered more political reform during its three years in office than any other in the history of the State.

3rd February 2014

€1m to be provided for repairs and storm prevention at Plunkett Station – Coffey

Fine Gael Waterford Deputy and Vice Chairperson of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications, Paudie Coffey, has today (Wednesday) welcomed confirmation that in excess of €1 million is being allocated to address the recent storm damage at Plunkett Station in Waterford. Deputy Coffey added that the funding illustrates the Government’s commitment to helping communities affected by the recent severe weather.

2nd February 2014

€2.8m to be provided for roof repairs at Kent Station – Murphy

Fine Gael Cork North Central TD, Dara Murphy, has today (Wednesday) welcomed confirmation that €2.8 million is being allocated to repair the roof of Kent Station in Cork, which was severely damaged in the recent bad weather. Deputy Murphy added that the funding underlines the Government’s commitment to helping communities affected by the storms.

2nd February 2014

€20m fund will help troubled local authority mortgage holders – Doherty

Fine Gael Meath East TD, Regina Doherty, has today (Wednesday) welcomed an announcement that a new €20 million fund is being established to help distressed local authority mortgage holders. It will be used to offer the ‘mortgage-to-rent’ solution to local authority mortgage holders who are unable to meet their monthly repayments.

2nd February 2014

Roscommon very much open for business as 250 jobs announced in the last week – Feighan

Fine Gael TD for Roscommon/South Leitrim, Frank Feighan, has said that the 250 jobs announced for Roscommon in the last week by a number of global pharmaceutical companies are a massive vote of confidence in the county’s infrastructure and its people.

2nd February 2014

Egan joins Fine Gael team for Clondalkin Electoral Area

Olympic silver medallist, Kenneth Egan, has today (Monday) been unveiled as Fine Gael’s latest candidate for the upcoming local elections in the Clondalkin Local Electoral Area.

1st February 2014

€4m Endoscopy Unit at Roscommon Hospital to formally go to tender - Feighan

Fine Gael TD for Roscommon/South Leitrim, Frank Feighan, has welcomed the news that the construction project to build the €4 million Endoscopy Unit at Roscommon County Hospital (RCH) is set to formally go out to tender.

30th January 2014

Doherty calls for lower charges for homeowners with hard water

Fine Gael Meath East TD, Regina Doherty, has written to the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER), urging it to take issues such as hard water into account when it sets rates for water charges, which are due to be introduced at the end of this year. Deputy Doherty also raised the issue in a Parliamentary Question to the Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan TD.

30th January 2014

Taoiseach meets with Ballymurphy Families

This afternoon the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny T.D. met with a number of the families of the 11 people killed in Ballymurphy over a three day period in August 1971.

30th January 2014

Coffey welcomes Government’s decision to establish expert panel to consider underground options for Gridlink

Fine Gael Waterford Deputy, Paudie Coffey, has today (Wednesday) said the decision by the Government to establish an independent expert panel to consider the possibility of putting high power cables underground is positive a move. Deputy Coffey, in his submission to Eirgrid, sought full transparency and clarity around the overhead options versus underground options and this will now be addressed by an independent panel of experts.

29th January 2014

Doherty welcomes commitment from Minister Hayes of €350k investment in heritage sites

Fine Gael Meath East TD, Regina Doherty, has today (Wednesday) welcomed a commitment from the Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW, Brian Hayes, that €348,000 is to be reinvested in heritage sites. Minister Hayes made his comments at a meeting of the Select Sub Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform.

29th January 2014