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Bail Bill will help to prevent crime – Durkan

Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, Bernard J Durkan, has today (Thursday) welcomed the approval of heads and general scheme of the new Bail Bill by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Ms Frances Fitzgerald TD in conjunction with Cabinet. Deputy Durkan has campaigned for changes to our bail laws for many years.

23rd July 2015

Bail Bill will help to prevent crime – Durkan

Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, Bernard J Durkan, has today (Thursday) welcomed the approval of heads and general scheme of the new Bail Bill by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Ms Frances Fitzgerald TD in conjunction with Cabinet. Deputy Durkan has campaigned for changes to our bail laws for many years.

23rd July 2015

Revisionist FF website claims Lemass created IDA despite him directly opposing its establishment - Doyle

Fine Gael TD for Wicklow/East Carlow, Andrew Doyle, has highlighted how Fianna Fáil is trying to claim credit for the creation of the IDA in a desperate effort to re-write history and convince people of its job creation credentials.

22nd July 2015

Records of forgotten revolutionary uncovered - Minister Paul Kehoe

The records of forgotten revolutionary Comdt. Nicholas Newport have been unearthed in the Military Archives, as part of the preparations for the 1916 Centenary commemorations next year.

22nd July 2015

Good progress at 6th Beef Roundtable - Heydon

Fine Gael TD for Kildare South, and Chair of the Fine Gael Internal Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, has welcomed the progress made at the 6th beef roundtable held this week, the second such meeting held in 2015.

22nd July 2015

Children’s sugar intake is three times too high – time for urgent measures – Noone

Dublin Senator Catherine Noone, has called for anti-sugar consumption measures to be implemented here as a matter of priority. The call follows a new UK study revealing that children under 11 may be consuming three times too much sweet food and drink.

22nd July 2015

Fine Gael wants to make work pay with increase in minimum wage - Byrne

Fine Gael Dublin South Central, TD Catherine Byrne, has said that the proposed rise in the minimum wage will help remove welfare traps and is in line with Fine Gael’s plans to make work pay more than welfare. Deputy Byrne was speaking after the launch of the Low Pay Commission report which recommends increasing the minimum wage to €9.15 per hour.

21st July 2015

Announcement of ChangeX100 Challenge Results and Seed Funding Round

At the beginning of this Government I said I wanted Ireland to be the best small country in the world for business, to raise a family, and to grow old with a sense of dignity and respect.

21st July 2015

600 out of 40,000 refugees to be relocated to Ireland as part of EU plan - Hayes

Fine Gael Dublin MEP, Brian Hayes has welcomed the news that Ireland will take part in the EU plan to relocate up to 40,000 refugees as part of the EU’s response to the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean. Yesterday (Monday), Ireland agreed to take 600.

21st July 2015

Time for real poster restrictions - Noone

Senator Catherine Noone has called for poster restrictions of 400 per candidate, per constituency, to be imposed ahead of the next General Election.

17th July 2015