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1,147 couples have said “I do” two years on from marriage equality referendum - Buttimer

Fine Gael Cork Senator and Chair of the Fine Gael LGBT Group, Jerry Buttimer, has said that 1,147 same-sex couples have married since the introduction of marriage equality in Ireland.

13th April 2017

Guidelines needed to shed light on solar farms - Lombard

Fine Gael Cork based Senator, Tim Lombard, has called for the introduction of guidelines to assist Local Authorities with planning applications for solar farms.

12th April 2017

Hotels and restaurants must be included in any change to Good Friday alcohol law - Noone

Fine Gael Dublin Senator, Catherine Noone, has today (Wednesday) said that hotels and restaurants must be included in any change to the law banning alcohol sales on Good Friday. Senator Noone was speaking today (Wednesday) as the Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017 was debated in the Seanad.

12th April 2017

European Parliament joins calls for Volkswagen consumers to be compensated- Clune

Fine Gael Ireland South MEP and member of the European Parliament's Commission of Inquiry into the Volkswagen Emissions scandal, Deirdre Clune, has welcomed the Committee’s final report on the use of defeat devices which was adopted in the European Parliament, Strasbourg. The report called for compensation for European consumers, as well as highlighting the ways in which car testing and the supervisory process must be improved to prevent the use of defeat devices in the future.

11th April 2017

Childcare providers can avail of new grants to extend services to school age children - Daly

Fine Gael TD for Cork South West, and Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Children, Jim Daly, has encouraged childcare providers to avail of new Government grants to establish new services or to expand existing services, in order to cater for children of school going age.

10th April 2017

Over 10,000 new dads have taken paid Paternity Leave

Fine Gael introduced paid Paternity Leave in September 2016. This provides two weeks' benefit, currently paid at the weekly rate of €235 per week, to support fathers in caring for their newly born babies.

7th April 2017

Varadkar and Harris announce significant measures to help People with Disabilities get into employment

Minister Varadkar, Minister Harris and Minister McGrath together published the “Make Work Pay” Report, designed to help people with disabilities to achieve their ambitions and find work, and to remove the many barriers which prevent them from doing so.

6th April 2017

Fine Gael statement on future funding of water services

It is Fine Gael's view that what was voted through in the Water Committee today falls well short of our obligations under the Water Framework Directive and puts Ireland on a collision course with the European Commission.

5th April 2017

Statement from Fine Gael members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water

Fine Gael wants to agree a report that resolves the problem of how we fund domestic water services in Ireland and is honest with the Irish people.　

4th April 2017

Statement from Fine Gael members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water

Fine Gael wants to agree a report that resolves the problem of how we fund domestic water services in Ireland and is honest with the Irish people.

4th April 2017

UK cannot jeopardise negotiations with focus on €60bn ‘Brexit bill’ - Richmond

In an engagement with the British Ambassador to Ireland at a meeting of the EU Affairs Committee meeting today (Tuesday), Senator Neale Richmond warned that the UK cannot jeopardise upcoming Brexit negotiations with a focus on the so called ‘Brexit bill’.

4th April 2017

Minister Varadkar extends Treatment Benefit to 450,000 self-employed

Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar has this week extended the Treatment Benefit scheme to some 450,000 self-employed people and their dependent spouses for the first time.

31st March 2017