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Orange Hall fire is a serious act of criminality - McGinley

Fine Gael TD for Donegal, Dinny McGinley, has said that the malicious burning of the Orange Hall in Convoy and the attempt to set the Presbyterian Church in Convoy on fire, coming in the wake of the destruction by fire of the Orange Hall in Newtown Cunningham, is to be utterly and completely condemned.

3rd October 2014

Almost 700 new jobs announced in the last 24 hours – Corcoran Kennedy

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has today (Thursday) welcomed the news that 690 new jobs have been announced in three locations over the past twenty four hours.

2nd October 2014

End of Quarter 3 Exchequer Returns Evidence of Improving Economic Conditions

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin today published the Exchequer Statement up to the end of Q3 2014.

2nd October 2014

Hayes urges Government to act on tracker mortgage issue

Brian Hayes MEP today (Thursday) urged the Government to work with the ECB in getting the tracker mortgage issue resolved following this afternoon's ECB Governing Council meeting where details of the ECB's Asset Backed Securities programme were revealed.

2nd October 2014

Home grown holidays a real boost to Irish tourism - Harrington

Fine Gael Cork South West TD, Noel Harrington, has today (Thursday) welcomed CSO figures showing that the number of people holidaying at home in Ireland grew by 6.7% for the first half of 2014 compared to the corresponding timeframe last year.

2nd October 2014

Lobbying Bill will bring much needed transparency and credibility to the sector - Farrell

Fine Gael Dublin Fingal TD and Member of the Oireachtas Committee for Justice, Defence and Equality, Alan Farrell, commended the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin TD, for bringing before the Dáil the Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014.

2nd October 2014

Speech by the Taoiseach, Mr. Enda Kenny T.D., at the official launch of West Pharma’s new investment in Waterford in the Tower Hotel, Waterford

I am delighted to be here today in Waterford to announce this major investment by West Pharma.

2nd October 2014

€850 million in new European Investment Bank (EIB) lending will be made available to Ireland this year- Irish MEPs

Fine Gael MEPs have welcomed the news that €850 million in new European Investment Bank (EIB) lending will be made available to Ireland this year. In 2010, it was €210 million. MEPs Sean Kelly (South), Mairead McGuinness (Midlands North West), Brian Hayes (Dublin) and Deirdre Clune (South) requested this afternoon’s meeting with the EIB to discuss the instrumental role the EU’s bank will continue to play in restoring growth and prosperity to Member States such as Ireland.

1st October 2014

Irish exporters should seize the opportunity of a weak Euro with strong growth in Britain and the US - Hayes

Fine Gael Dublin MEP, Brian Hayes, has today (Wednesday), said that Irish exporters should seize the opportunity of a weak Euro with strong growth in Britain and the US.

1st October 2014

Amendment to Electoral Act to allow people on holidays to vote - Stanton

Fine Gael TD for Cork East, David Stanton, has today (Tuesday), put forward an amendment to the Electoral Act 1997, to give people who are away on holidays the facility to vote by post in elections.

30th September 2014

Statement from John McNulty

I have informed the Taoiseach that under the circumstances, I am withdrawing my name and asking the Members of the Oireachtas not to vote for me in the upcoming Seanad bye-election.

30th September 2014

Statement from the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD

I wish to address a number of issues in relation to the appointment of John McNulty to the Board of Directors of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA).

30th September 2014