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Firm focus on job creation needed to secure the recovery – Corcoran Kennedy

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Jobs Committee, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has commended the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD on the success of the Action plan for Jobs and called for a firm focus on job creation, as 800 jobs are announced in one week and the live register drops to 11%.

6th November 2014

Funding granted to finish West Cork Arts Centre - Harrington

Fine Gael Cork South West TD, Noel Harrington, has today (Thursday) welcomed the news that the West Cork Arts Centre is to receive a further €212,000 in funding to complete a fit-out of the building.

6th November 2014

'Greenlove' for China from Charleville - Collins

Fine Gael Cork North West TD, Aine Collins, has said that the launch of a new product in China called ‘Greenlove’ is great news for jobs in Charleville. The infant milk product, produced by Kerry Group in Charleville, is being launched for the Chinese market today (Thursday) in Hangzhou, as part of a Government-led trade mission to China.

6th November 2014

Ireland was right to move on ‘Double Irish’ - Hayes

Fine Gael MEP for Dublin, and former Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Brian Hayes has said at a Public Meeting tonight, on Tax Reform organised by Dublin Bay South TD, Eoghan Murphy.

6th November 2014

Buttimer calls for detailed examination of cost of medicine

Cork South Central Fine Gael TD and chairperson of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children, Jerry Buttimer, has today (Wednesday) called for a detailed examination of the costs of medicine. Speaking at the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association’s launch of ifs information booklet ‘Bringing Health and Growth to Ireland’, Deputy Buttimer questioned the current costs of medication in Ireland and proposed that the issue be examined in detail by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children.

5th November 2014

McFadden condemns Sinn Féin’s ambiguous attitude to the law

Fine Gael TD for Longford Westmeath, Gabrielle McFadden, has today (Wednesday) condemned Sinn Féin’s ambiguous attitude to the law in the wake of comments by their Environment spokesperson Brian Stanley that ‘bad laws sometimes have to be broken’.

5th November 2014

Beijing dairy seminar to benefit Irish farmers - Daly

Fine Gael TD for Cork South West, Jim Daly, has said that a dairy seminar being held today (Tuesday) in Beijing will be of huge benefit to Irish farmers.

4th November 2014

Farmers to milk it in China – Lawlor

Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, Anthony Lawlor, has said that a dairy seminar being held today (Tuesday) in Beijing offers real opportunities to Irish farmers.

4th November 2014

IT advances can ensure the safety of people with dementia - Burke

Fine Gael Cork North Central Senator, Colm Burke, has renewed his call for Ireland’s main health agencies to collaborate with the IT sector to develop a system by which vulnerable people with mild memory loss and patients with dementia, could be easily located in the event they go missing.

4th November 2014

Social Media policing necessary to protect against cyber-bullying - Neville

Fine Gael TD for Limerick, Party Chairperson, and President of the Irish Association for Suicidology, Dan Neville, has today (Tuesday), called for increased policing of social media websites to tackle cyber-bullying.

4th November 2014

Conway calls for a pioneering Family Drug and Alcohol Court

Fine Gael Clare Senator and Seanad Spokesperson on Justice and Disability, Martin Conway, has called on the Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD, to review the recent success of London’s pioneering Family Drug and Alcohol Court and to consider the establishment of a similar court in Ireland.

3rd November 2014

Huge opportunities for beef farmers in China – Heydon

Fine Gael TD for Kildare South and Chair of Fine Gael’s Internal Committee on Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Martin Heydon, has today (Monday) welcomed the news from the Irish trade mission to China, marking a major step forward in opening up the export of Irish beef to that country.

3rd November 2014