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HSE Service Plan to protect existing services and help develop new ones - Buttimer

Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central, and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on Health, Jerry Buttimer, has said the HSE Service Plan will protect existing services and develop new ones.

16th December 2015

Next Sinn Féin will say they’ll use gold, frankincense and myrrh to fund their health policy – Doherty

“Today on RTÉ Radio Sinn Féin’s health spokesperson Caoimhin O’Caolain just could not say how Sinn Féin would pay for their health policy. The party is claiming they will spend extra billions on the health service without hiking taxes or cutting services elsewhere. Next they’ll be telling us they’ll use gold, frankincense and myrrh.

16th December 2015

We shouldn't have to sacrifice our privacy to become a member of the digital club – Clune

Fine Gael Ireland South MEP, Deirdre Clune, has welcomed new EU rules voted upon this week in Strasbourg that will tighten how companies can use people's data.

16th December 2015

Deering highlights potential monopoly with sale of Slaney Meats

Fine Gael TD for Carlow/Kilkenny, Pat Deering, has today (Tuesday) used the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, to highlight a potential monopoly which has arisen in beef and lamb markets, due to the sale of Slaney Meats to ABP Food Group.

15th December 2015

Five years on from the bailout, FF blames ‘Joe and Mary Soap’ for economic collapse – Coffey

Five years to the day since Fianna Fáil voted in the bailout in Dáil Eireann, they are still trying to shift the blame for Ireland’s economic collapse, according to Fine Gael Minister and TD for Waterford, Paudie Coffey.

15th December 2015

Who is going to pay for Sinn Féin’s health plans?

Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central, and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on Health, Jerry Buttimer, has asked who exactly is going to pay for Sinn Féin’s health plans?

15th December 2015

Who wants to pay €3.3 billion extra in tax? – Doherty

Fine Gael TD for Meath East, Regina Doherty, has asked if anyone is prepared to pay €3.3 billion extra in tax to fund Sinn Féin’s health plans?

15th December 2015

Youghal and Cobh receive total of €228,443 capital funding under Ireland’s Ancient East – Stanton

The formal announcement of two funding allocations of €200,000 and €28,443 for Youghal and Cobh respectively has been welcomed by Cork East Fine Gael TD, David Stanton. The Clockgate Tower in Youghal is to receive €200,000 to allow for it to be open to the public as a museum and interpretive centre, and Cobh Heritage Centre will receive €28,443 for the development of a new exhibition on Cobh’s maritime past.

14th December 2015

Central Bank figures show first decline in long term mortgage arrears - Daly

Fine Gael TD for Cork South West, Jim Daly, has said that the latest Central Bank figures show the first decline in the number of mortgages in long term arrears.

11th December 2015

17.5% jump in revenue from tourism as number visiting continues to rise - Griffin

Fine Gael TD for Kerry and Member of the Oireachtas Transport, Tourism and Sport Committee, Brendan Griffin, has welcomed the news that recent strong tourism figures have been matched by a 17.5% jump in revenue.

10th December 2015

Time to make calorie counts in take-aways mandatory – Noone

Dublin Senator and Fine Gael candidate for Dublin West, Catherine Noone, has today (Thursday) called for calorie counts on menus to be made mandatory in all take-away fast food outlets.

10th December 2015

Whitegate refinery of strategic importance – Stanton

David Stanton, Cork East Fine Gael TD has welcomed confirmation from Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Alex White TD that Whitegate Refinery is of ‘strategic importance’ to the state and that its retention as an operational refinery is ‘highly desirable’. Minister White’s comments were made during a special Dáil debate on the issue secured by David Stanton TD.

10th December 2015