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First year college students need to be aware of dangers of coercive control & sexual violence warns Carroll MacNeill

First year college year students must be aware of the very real dangers posed by sexual violence and coercive control, Fine Gael TD Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has warned.

27th July 2020

Schools reopening must include a plan for sport - Richmond

Ahead of the publication of the much anticipated plan for the reopening of our schools, Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond has called on the Minister for Education to include a plan for sport as part of this.

26th July 2020

New Plan for CAB vital in bringing down Dublin’s gang lords – Richmond

Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond has welcomed today’s publication of the new Criminal Assets Bureau Strategic Plan for 2020-2023, stating that it must be fully used to bring gangland figures to heel.

24th July 2020

Sinn Féin’s July stimulus claims do not stack up – Carroll MacNeill

WITH no practical solutions of their own to offer, Sinn Féin have made a series of false claims about the stimulus package, for their own politics, a Fine Gael TD has said.

24th July 2020

Doherty calls for an extension of all Dance Licences

Senator Regina Doherty has called for an immediate extension of at least 6 months to all current Public Dancing Licences granted under the Public Dance Halls Act 1935.

23rd July 2020

Richard Bruton becomes Fine Gael PP Chairman

FORMER Government Minister Richard Bruton has been unanimously elected as Chairperson of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party.

22nd July 2020

Aldi should pull sale of giant pool to discourage water waste – Currie

Aldi needs to pull the sale of a metal framed pool which requires 70pc of an average household’s monthly water supply to fill or label it with a warning so that consumers are fully aware, Fine Gael Senator Emer Currie has said. The Dubin West Senator criticised the discount retail giant for advertising two paddling pools of different sizes, the larger which can hold 7,199 litres of water, at a time when water conservation is high on the agenda.

22nd July 2020

Extension of validity of driving licenses being considered by Minister due to backlog – Higgins

Fine Gael TD Emer Higgins has submitted a parliamentary question to the Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport, Eamon Ryan, TD, on Tuesday after receiving complaints from concerned motorists who cannot get a renewal of their driving license due to Covid-19 measures.

22nd July 2020

Sinn Féin’s proposals for childcare nothing more than disingenuous kite-flying – Seery Kearney

Fine Gael Senator Mary Seery Kearney has rubbished Sinn Féin’s latest proposals for reforming the childcare sector as disingenuous kite flying. She said Sinn Féin’s Private Members’ Motion on Tuesday undermines Fine Gael’s commitment to increased investment in the area.

22nd July 2020

Professional home care Bill will regulate the sector - Burke

Fine Gael Cork North Central TD, Colm Burke, has today (Tuesday) introduced the Health (Amendment) (Professional Home Care) Bill 2020 to the Dáil, saying this new legislation is designed to provide regulation in the area of professional home care.

21st July 2020