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Incremental Purchase Scheme should be extended - Fitzpatrick

Fine Gael TD for Louth, Peter Fitzpatrick, has called for the new Incremental Purchase Scheme, which allows social housing tenants to buy their first home, to be extended to include those living in houses acquired by the Council, as part of the Part V social and affordable scheme.

10th May 2016

Treat mental health illnesses like any other chronic disease for real results – McEntee

Fine Gael TD for Meath East, Helen McEntee, speaking this week in Dáil Éireann, has said that in order to successfully tackle mental health illness, we must treat it like any other chronic disease.

29th April 2016

Broadband must be delivered as soon as possible and all resources necessary should be provided - McEntee

Fine Gael TD for Meath East, Helen McEntee, has said that broadband must be delivered for rural Ireland as soon as possible, and that every resource necessary to make this happen should be made available.

29th April 2016

Health, homelessness and other issues just as important as water to most people in Louth - Fitzpatrick

Fine Gael TD for Louth, Peter Fitzpatrick, speaking in Dáil Éireann this week, outlined that while water is an important issue, and equality for those who paid is needed, other issues such as housing and homelessness deserve just as much attention.

29th April 2016

Safety must remain top priority at the Brink – McEntee

Fine Gael TD for Meath East, Helen McEntee, has said that safety must remain a top priority on the N2 Dublin/Derry Road at the Brink service station and crossroads.

25th April 2016

Future of YoungBallymun secure for immediate future – Rock

Ballymun Fine Gael TD, Noel Rock has welcomed the confirmation by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs that €400,000 in contingency funding is to be provided for YoungBallymun, which removes any immediate threat of closure. This comes on foot of meetings and correspondence between all three local Deputies on a cross-party basis, and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

20th April 2016

Keenans must be kept open for the sake of workers and the south Carlow economy - Deering

Fine Gael TD for Carlow/Kilkenny, Pat Deering, has expressed regret at the appointment of receivers to Keenan System, a cattle feed company based in Borris. Deputy Deering highlighted the importance of keeping Keenan System in operation for the good of the south Carlow economy.

13th April 2016

BBC’s Top Gear visit to Kerry welcomed by Griffin

Kerry Fine Gael TD, Brendan Griffin is warmly welcoming the announcement today (Wednesday) by Top Gear presenter, Chris Evans, that the programme is to visit Kerry this week.

13th April 2016

Incremental Purchase Scheme allows social housing tenants buy their home, but terms should be extended - Doyle

Fine Gael TD for Wicklow, Andrew Doyle, has welcomed the new Incremental Purchase Scheme which will allow social housing tenants to buy their first home. However he has called for the scheme to be extended to include those living in houses acquired by the council, as part of the Part V social and affordable scheme.

13th April 2016

Top Gear visit to Kerry a huge success with TV show to air in coming weeks – Griffin

KERRY Fine Gael TD, Brendan Griffin, says that the Top Gear visit to Kerry appears to have been an enormous success and anticipates a huge boost to Kerry tourism when the programme airs in the coming weeks.

9th April 2016

High speed broadband to be delivered for 12 additional communities in Louth - Fitzpatrick

Fitzpatrick committed to delivering high speed broadband in all rural areas of Co Louth

9th April 2016

McEntee calls for 50% of road budget to be allocated to North Meath

Fine Gael TD for Meath East, Helen McEntee has called for 50% of next year’s roads funding to be spent in North Meath, as a concerted effort is needed to bring roads up to standard with the rest of the county.

9th April 2016