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European "eCall" device gets the green light - Hayes

Fine Gael MEP for Dublin, Brian Hayes has today (Tuesday) welcomed the passing of new legislation in the European Parliament requiring all new cars in the EU to be fitted with an emergency call system. The system known as eCall will be required to be installed in all new cars from 2018.

28th April 2015

Fine Gael launches campaign for Yes vote in Marriage Equality Referendum

An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, today (Monday) launched Fine Gael’s campaign calling for a Yes vote in the Marriage Equality Referendum on Friday, 22nd May. An Taoiseach launched the event alongside the Director of Elections for Fine Gael’s Marriage Equality Referendum campaign, Minister Simon Coveney TD as well as Minister Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister Leo Varadkar TD and the Chair of the Fine Gael LGBT Group, Jerry Buttimer TD. The event was also addressed by two members of the public, Enda Morgan and Edel Tierney, who spoke about the importance of the Referendum passing to their own lives.

27th April 2015

EU Single Digital Market should not be about targeting large US businesses for political purposes - Hayes

Fine Gael MEP for Dublin, Brian Hayes, today (Sunday) said that the EU should not make the Digital Single Market about targeting large US tech companies for political means. The Dublin MEP said that the priority should be to make communication and technology services work better for consumers.

26th April 2015

Same old Fianna Fáil - Harris

Fine Gael TD for Wicklow and Minister for State at the Department of Finance, Simon Harris, has said that this weekend’s Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis proves it’s “the same old Fianna Fáil. The party has no vision and promotes the disastrous high tax, high spend policies of old. They would throw away our hard won economic recovery given half the chance.

26th April 2015

Same old Fianna Fáil health policy: high taxes & low ambition - Buttimer

Fine Gael Cork South Central TD and Chair of the Oireachtas Health Committee, Jerry Buttimer, has said that this weekend’s Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, and especially its health policy, proves that it’s the same party of high-taxes, ever higher-spending, and low ambition.

25th April 2015

Europe Minister Dara Murphy welcomes report confirming SMEs will benefit from EU-US trade deal

Fine Gael Cork North Central TD, Minister of State for European Affairs, Dara Murphy, has welcomed a European Commission report published this week which confirmed that the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) would remove significant barriers currently faced by SMEs when trying to trade with the US.

24th April 2015

No country for young women under Fianna Fáil - Collins

Ahead of the Fianna Fáil Ard Fhéis this weekend, Fine Gael Cork North-West TD, Áine Collins, has questioned the party’s position on the issue of women candidates, saying “it would be no country for young women under Fianna Fáil.”

24th April 2015

Ballot paper layout could influence election results – Stanton

The need for changes to the layout of ballot papers used in elections has been raised in Dáil Éireann, today, by Cork East Fine Gael TD David Stanton. In response to Deputy Stanton’s suggestions, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Alan Kelly TD said that he would examine the issue.

23rd April 2015

Fine Gael will end discrimination against the self-employed - Neville

Fine Gael Parliamentary Party Chairperson and TD for Limerick, Dan Neville, has said that “there is an urgent need to end discrimination against the self- employed and Fine Gael will do it.”

23rd April 2015

New Drugs Minister could examine option of supervised injection centres- Byrne

“The newly appointed Minister for Drugs could examine the option of medically supervised injection centres”, says Fine Gael TD for Dublin South Central, Catherine Byrne.

23rd April 2015

Speech by Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD at the announcement of 200 new jobs at Zalando’s new software R&D centre

Today’s announcement concerns a significant R&D activity in Dublin, to explore fundamental aspects of consumer behaviour and their relationship with online shopping, and we are delighted that you have chosen to come to Ireland to carry it out.

22nd April 2015

Tomorrow's EU council meeting a test for European solidarity

Fine Gael MEP for Dublin, Brian Hayes has today (Wednesday) said that tomorrow's EU Council Meeting is a test for European solidarity. Europe must speak and act as one in the face of the humanitarian disaster in the Mediterranean. The Fine Gael MEP made his comments as European leaders are due to arrive in Brussels for emergency talks on the crisis.

22nd April 2015