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Funding boost for schools in Waterford to upgrade school buildings and improve facilities - Minister Coffey

Fine Gael Waterford Minister Paudie Coffey said that primary schools in Waterford are to benefit from funding to upgrade school buildings and improve facilities for students and teachers.

5th November 2015

Primary Medical Certificates (PMCs) for people with Down Syndrome would improve lives – Sheahan

This week, Fine Gael Senator for Kerry, Tom Sheahan, has urged the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan TD to introduce PMCs to all people with Down Syndrome.

5th November 2015

Thomasina Connell to represent Fine Gael in Laois in General Election

Thomasina Connell will represent the party in the Laois Constituency in the forth-coming General Election, along with Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan TD.

5th November 2015

€50K to protect Meath’s heritage under new scheme – Butler

Fine Gael Meath West TD, Ray Butler, has said that €50,000 will be available to Meath under a new national scheme, The Built Heritage Investment scheme.

4th November 2015

Coghlan calls for cull of sika deer only and preservation of native reds

Speaking in the Seanad, Fine Gael Senator for Kerry and Government Chief Whip, Paul Coghlan addressed the need for the Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys to outline the National Parks and Wildlife Service policy with regard to deer in the both Killarney National Park and the wider Kerry area.

4th November 2015

€50K to protect Meath’s heritage under new scheme – Butler

Fine Gael Meath West TD, Ray Butler, has said that €50,000 will be available to Meath under a new national scheme, The Built Heritage Investment scheme.

4th November 2015

Successful talks at Stormont vital to development of North/South infrastructure - Fitzpatrick

Fine Gael TD for Louth, Peter Fitzpatrick, has said that a successful conclusion to the Stormont talks is necessary to support ongoing North/South Cooperation, regarding investment in infrastructure in particular.

4th November 2015

Movember founder promotes MOVE initiative to encourage active lifestyles - Keating

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid-West, Derek Keating, has today (Wednesday), met with Justin Coghlan, known as JC, one of the original co-founders of Movember, along with John McCormack, CEO of the Irish Cancer Society, to discuss this year’s campaign and in particular the new MOVE initiative.

4th November 2015

Dáil Question number of IDA visits to Kildare

To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits by the Industrial Development Agency to County Kildare in each of the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date

4th November 2015

New cross-border taskforce is key to tackling organised crime – Coghlan

Speaking in the Seanad today (Tuesday), Fine Gael Senator for Kerry, Paul Coghlan, has backed Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan in his call for a new cross-border taskforce, a measure recommended by the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly report, published in February.

3rd November 2015

€10 million Capital Investment for Waterford City; All systems Go – Minister Coffey

Fine Gael Waterford Minister Paudie Coffey has said that a €10 million Capital Investment is now ready to go. The Capital Investment will see the transformation of the Apple Market area of Waterford City into a real hub for pedestrians which will help to increase footfall in the heart of the City Centre.

3rd November 2015

New teleoc machine to improve clinical evaluation for Midlands patients - Bannon

Fine Gael TD for Longford-Westmeath, James Bannon, has been informed by the HSE that a new teleoc machine will become operational in the Midlands Regional Hospital by the end of 2015.

3rd November 2015