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Speech by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, at the Launch of the Government Capital Plan 2016 – 2021

This €27 billion investment plan for Ireland is essential to restore all the jobs lost in the recession by 2018 and to get unemployment down to 6% by 2020.

29th September 2015

More food education needed to tackle Ireland’s growing obesity problem - Noone

Dublin Senator and Fine Gael candidate for Dublin West Catherine Noone, says we need more of a focus on education surrounding food, if we are to tackle Ireland’s growing obesity problem. A new report from safefood again points to the gap between people’s awareness levels and the reality of what is in our food.

28th September 2015

Concern over number of Gardaí injured in the line of duty - Durkan

Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, Bernard Durkan has expressed concern regarding the number of Gardaí injured during the course of their duties.

25th September 2015

Cork Airport’s first ever transatlantic flights great news for tourism and business – Buttimer

Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central, Jerry Buttimer, has said that the announcement of the first ever transatlantic routes from Cork Airport is great news for the city and county and will be a huge boost for tourism and business throughout the Munster region.

25th September 2015

Hayes expresses concern over possible legal threat against Ireland

Fine Gael MEP for Dublin, Brian Hayes has today (Friday) expressed concern that the European Commission may refer Ireland to the EU Court of Justice. The possible action is due to Ireland's failure to introduce biometric identifiers in resident permits issued to third country nationals – individuals applying for visas in other countries.

25th September 2015

Volkswagen and Department of Transport need to explain possible effect of scandal on NCT – O’Donovan

Fine Gael TD for Limerick and Member of the Oireachtas Transport Committee, Patrick O’Donovan, has called for Department of Transport officials and Volkswagen representatives to come before the committee to explain the effect that the Volkswagen scandal may have on the NCT.

25th September 2015

Fianna Fáil would destroy Irish agriculture again given half a chance - Heydon

Fine Gael TD for Kildare South, and Chair of the Fine Gael Committee on Agriculture, Martin Heydon, has said that Fianna Fáil would destroy Irish agriculture again given half a chance.

24th September 2015

Shatter astonished at Ronan’s Auschwitz reference

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown, Alan Shatter, has said today (Thursday): “It is beyond my personal comprehension that the notorious and diabolically misleading ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ which greeted the tragic and doomed victims of Nazi tyranny as they entered the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, would be proclaimed by Mr John Ronan, who is an internationally known Irish businessman, in a witness statement made by him to an Irish Parliamentary Committee, the Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis.

24th September 2015

150 Ballincollig jobs boost a welcome sign of the recovery in Cork - Collins

“The recent Ballincollig jobs boost is a welcome sign of the economic recovery in County Cork”, says Fine Gael Cork North West TD, Áine Collins.

23rd September 2015

FF fooling nobody with poor attempt to establish position on small business – Barry

“Micheál Martin was Minister for Enterprise during a time when small businesses and the self-employed were side-lined in favour of an unsustainable construction bubble. Fianna Fáil is fooling nobody as they now scramble to come up with a policy to support those they neglected for so long”, says Fine Gael TD for Cork East and member of the Fine Gael Standing Up for Small Business internal working group, Tom Barry.

23rd September 2015

Mitchell welcomes confirmation of new school building for Stepaside Educate Together

Olivia Mitchell, Fine Gael TD for Dublin South, welcomes confirmation that a permanent school building for Stepaside Educate Together national school has finally been acquired.

23rd September 2015

Despite Sinn Féin’s best efforts there is no hierarchy of Irishness and there never will be – D’Arcy

In the Seanad this week, Fine Gael Senator for Louth and East Meath, Jim D’Arcy, has slammed remarks made by Sinn Féin Councillor, and General Election candidate Mícheál MacDonncha who said ‘It’s not political correctness. It is the inferiority complex and anti-national attitude of the West Brits who still run Irish rugby.’

23rd September 2015