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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

Dáil Speech on Hospital Waiting Lists

I thank Deputy Heydon for allowing me to share some of his time. I would like to join him in looking at things in our own locality. In 2007, the Fianna Fáil Party pulled the endoscopic unit at Naas General Hospital from the capital programme.

23rd September 2015

Fianna Fáil in retreat on the economy – Harris

Fianna Fáil have abandoned all pretence of being interested in the economy. They prefer to engage in political theatrics to disguise the fact that they have no economic plan to secure the recovery.

22nd September 2015

Getting people back to work has saved the taxpayer €3bn - Harrington

“The recent recovery in the jobs market has saved the taxpayer approximately €3 billion,” says Fine Gael Cork South West TD, and Chair of Fine Gael’s Internal Social Protection Committee Noel Harrington.

22nd September 2015

Ireland's tax measures should not be out of sync with other countries – Hayes

Brian Hayes, Fine Gael MEP, today (Tuesday) welcomed Ireland's tax measures which bring us into line with international tax principles but said that we should not adopt measures which are out of sync with other countries. Mr. Hayes made the following comments after reports that Ireland is set to become one of the first countries to introduce country-by-country tax reporting:

22nd September 2015

New zoning category to help increase affordable housing supply - Daly

Fine Gael TD for Cork South West, Jim Daly, has said that a new zoning category for ‘affordable residential accommodation’ could be part of the efforts to increase our housing supply by incentivising private developers.

22nd September 2015

Statement by Minister Donohoe on Dart Underground

Following consideration at the Government meeting this morning (Tuesday), the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe T.D., announced that the DART Underground project will not proceed as currently designed but will be redesigned to provide a lower cost technical solution for the project.

22nd September 2015

Plans for European Parliament revamp would be political and economic madness – Hayes

Brian Hayes, Fine Gael MEP today (Monday) criticised new plans for a massive overhaul of the European Parliament headquarters in Brussels. The Secretary General of the Parliament presented the plan to Parliament's Bureau last week and it is understood that the proposal was heavily criticised.

21st September 2015

Speech by the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD IBEC President’s Dinner

The Journey to Recovery. There can be no doubt that we’re in a new phase in Ireland.

21st September 2015

Kelly calls for fair market competition for ambitious businesses

Fine Gael MEP for Ireland-South and leader of Fine Gael in the European Parliament, Seán Kelly, has called on the European Commission to create an environment of fair competition in the single market and to ensure that all market actors have equal opportunities to succeed.

18th September 2015

Hayes welcomes passing of emergency motion in the European Parliament to assist 120,000 refugees

Fine Gael Dublin MEP, Brian Hayes has today (Thursday) welcomed the passing of an emergency motion in the European Parliament for the relocation of 120,000 refugees. The European Parliament met this morning for an emergency session in order to give the green light to the Commissions' proposal to relocate 120,000 people from Italy, Greece and Hungary.

17th September 2015

Historic Marriage Bill approved by Cabinet to make equality a reality – Buttimer

Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central, and the Chair of Fine Gael LGBT Jerry Buttimer, says the approval of the Marriage Bill 2015 by the Cabinet today is a historic move and another important step in this process, which will see the first same-sex marriages taking place before the end of the year.

16th September 2015