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Number of people employed in South East Region hits 7 year high – Minister Coffey

Fine Gael Waterford Minister Paudie Coffey has said the number of people employed in the South East Region has increased to a 7 year high according to latest figures released by the CSO. There are now 207,400 people in work in the Region an increase of over 22,000 people since Fine Gael and Labour were elected to office in 2011.

21st November 2015

Waterford farmers will benefit from relaxation of farm inspections – Minister Coffey

Fine Gael Waterford Minister Paudie Coffey , has said that farmers across Waterford will benefit from a relaxation of farm inspections announced yesterday (Monday) by the European Commission.

21st November 2015

5 Schools in Waterford to benefit from major school building programme - Minister Coffey

Fine Gael Waterford Minister Paudie Coffey said that 5 schools in Waterford are to benefit from funding under a multi-million euro school building programme. “Today the Government is unveiling a major school building programme, which involves funding for St Martin’s Special School, Ballytruckle; Glor Na Mara, Tramore; Newtown School, Waterford City; Blackwater Community College, Lismore; and Waterpark College, Waterford City.

21st November 2015

Mitchell O’Connor calls for greater regulation and support for suppliers of assistance dogs to children with Autism

Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire Mary Mitchell O’Connor has called for greater regulation and safety standards to be imposed on private companies that supply assistance dogs to children with Autism.

20th November 2015

Meaningful progress for children with disabilities – Doherty

Fine Gael TD for Meath East, Regina Doherty, has said that the new programme for providing supports to children with disabilities in pre-school represents meaningful progress in terms of educational equality for our children.

20th November 2015

Give police access to our flight, train and ferry details now – Clune

Fine Gael Ireland South MEP and member of the European Transport Committee, Deirdre Clune, has backed French calls for the European Parliament to immediately approve EU measures which would give European police forces access to passenger details on all flights, trains and ferries, operating both internally within Europe and to and from Europe.

20th November 2015

Buttimer demands explanation on unused housing funding

Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central, Jerry Buttimer, has demanded an explanation as to why Cork City Council has not used all of the housing funding allocated to it.

20th November 2015

Fianna Fáil tried to deny the bailout and now they’re trying to deny the recovery – Harris

The Minister of State at the Department of Finance and Fine Gael TD for Wicklow/East Carlow, Simon Harris, said today (Thursday) we cannot go back to Fianna Fáil’s chaos of five years ago.

19th November 2015

FF still no jobs plan as Govt commits to ten year strategy – Corcoran Kennedy

“Enterprise 2025 commits to adding 221,300 new jobs to the economy and reducing unemployment in all regions, while Fianna Fáil, after almost five years in opposition, has come up with nothing”, says Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Jobs Committee, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy.

19th November 2015

Extension of TAMS II deadlines a relief for farmers - Barry

Fine Gael TD for Cork East, Tom Barry, has said that the announcement of extensions for the various TAMS II Schemes by the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, will be a relief for many Cork farmers.

19th November 2015