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Continued focus needed to drive job growth in Tipperary - Coonan

Fine Gael TD for Tipperary, Noel Coonan, has said that a drop of almost 13% in the Live Register in Tipperary since the launch of the Action Plan for Jobs in 2012 is an indication of steady growth, but continued focus is needed to drive the recovery forward in this area.

18th August 2015

94% of GPs in South Tipperary now signed up for free under 6s GP care - Coonan

Fine Gael TD for Tipperary, Noel Coonan has said that following a slow start, 94% of GPs in South Tipperary have now signed up to take part in the free GP Service for under 6s.

17th August 2015

Byrne condemns canal vandals

Fine Gael Dublin South Central TD, Catherine Byrne, has condemned the actions of vandals who left hundreds of homes exposed to the threat of flooding after they opened locks on the Grand Canal yesterday.

17th August 2015

Donegal farmers to receive €9.425M under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme – McHugh

The Department of Agriculture have started to issue €117 million in payments nationally and €9.425,313.69M here in County Donegal under the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme. These payments will provide a financial boost for the 4410 farmers in Donegal who have been approved to receive this payment.

15th August 2015

EU Commission approve Regional Airport Programme to support Knock Airport - Perry

Fine Gael TD for Sligo/Leitrim, John Perry, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Paschal Donohoe, that the European Commission has formally approved Ireland’s 2015-2019 Regional Airports Programme, which will support Knock Airport into the future.

13th August 2015

Bannon congratulates almost 2,000 Longford/Westmeath Leaving certificate students

Fine Gael TD for Longford/Westmeath, James Bannon has congratulated the 579 students in Longford and the 1,362 students in Westmeath, who this morning received their Leaving Certificate results.

12th August 2015

O’Donovan wishes Dan Neville well after 30 years of service

Fine Gael TD for Limerick, Patrick O’Donovan has extended his best wishes to constituency colleague Dan Neville, who today (Tuesday), announced that he will not put himself forward for selection at the upcoming convention in September.

11th August 2015

Statement from Dan Neville TD:

“It is with sadness that I have decided not to contest the General Election selection convention for the County Limerick constituency in September.

11th August 2015

Good news for the Curragh with launch of recruitment campaign to strengthen our defence forces - Heydon

Fine Gael TD for Kildare South, Martin Heydon, has said that the planned new army recruitment campaign will strengthen our defence forces and is good news for the Curragh. Deputy Heydon was speaking after the Minister for Defence Simon Coveney today (Tuesday) launched a new recruitment campaign for General Service Recruits for the Army.

4th August 2015

New apprenticeships provide opportunities for school leavers – Lawlor

Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, Anthony Lawlor, has said that the 80 new apprenticeships being introduced provide great opportunities for school leavers and we must work to incentivise small businesses to take on apprentices.

30th July 2015

Kelly report on South East University is good news for Carlow – Deering

Fine Gael TD for Carlow, Pat Deering, has said that the report by Michael Kelly on the future of a university for the South East is good news as it makes the case that the project is viable and should go ahead.

27th July 2015

Donegal to receive €2,379,000 in funding for social housing – McHugh

“I am very pleased to confirm that Donegal is to receive almost €2.5 million in funding by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government towards social housing”, says Fine Gael Minister of State and Donegal TD, Joe McHugh.

23rd July 2015