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Update: Economic Recovery and Budget 2015 - Finance 6th November, 2014

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6th 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

Fisheries sector to benefit from China trade mission - Harrington

Fine Gael Cork South West TD, Noel Harrington, has said that the Irish fisheries sector is to benefit from a successful trade mission to China by Minister for Agriculture and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD.

5th November 2014

Conway urges increased support for women forced into prostitution

Fine Gael Clare Senator and Seanad Spokesperson on Justice and Disability, Martin Conway, has urged the Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD, to consider the implications of the Annual Report of Ruhama launched today.

5th November 2014

Buttimer calls on health insurers to reduce rates for young people

Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, Jerry Buttimer, has said that the Private Health Insurance Package announced today (Wednesday) will make health insurance more affordable for young people. Deputy Buttimer called on insurance companies to reduce rates for young people taking out a policy.

5th 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

South East technological university consultation underway - Deering

Fine Gael TD for Carlow/Kilkenny, Pat Deering, has today (Tuesday), welcomed the establishment of a new process which will reinvigorate the technological university of the South East project, announced by the Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan TD.

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

Make alcohol calorie labelling mandatory - Noone

Fine Gael Dublin Senator Catherine Noone has urged the Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar TD, to make calorie labelling on all alcoholic beverages mandatory. Recent research conducted by the Royal Society of Public Health in the UK found that alcohol drinkers consume 400 fewer calories during a night in the pub if their drinks have calorie labels.

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