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Roscommon and Leitrim sports clubs to benefit from extension of rate exemptions – Hopkins

Fine Gael candidate in the Roscommon/South Leitrim bye-election, Maura Hopkins, has welcomed the announcement by Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Simon Harris, that an amendment is to be made to ease the rates burden on many local sports clubs.

25th September 2014

Rising car sales injects €145.5 million extra into the Exchequer – Griffin

Fine Gael Kerry TD and Member of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications, Brendan Griffin, has welcomed a major boost to the exchequer provided by an increase in VRT and VAT as a result of a sharp increase in car sales.

25th September 2014

MINISTER COVENEY ANNOUNCES PAYMENTS WORTH €149 MILLION UNDER 2014 DISADVANTAGED AREAS SCHEME

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD, today announced that payments under the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme have started issuing, on schedule, today.

25th September 2014

D’Arcy welcomes campaign to highlight benefits of palliative care

Fine Gael Senator for Louth, Jim D’Arcy has welcomed the launch of ‘Making the most of Life’, a nationwide campaign to highlight how palliative care can improve the quality of life of any person with an incurable illness.

25th September 2014

Corcoran Kennedy supports the launch of the Irish Wheelchair Access Guidelines

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has emphasised the importance of access for people with disabilities as she launched the Irish Wheelchair Association Access Guidelines Edition 3 in Tullamore yesterday (Wednesday).

25th September 2014

Update: Youth Support Services - Children and Youth Affairs 25th September, 2014

dialogue with those involved in providing youth support services

25th September 2014

Update: Youth Poverty - Children and Youth Affairs 25th September, 2014

continues to monitor issues of youth poverty

25th September 2014

Update: Youth Homelessness - Children and Youth Affairs 25th September, 2014

monitor the issue of youth homelessness

25th September 2014

Update: Supportive Youth Services - Children and Youth Affairs 25th September, 2014

contact with those providing supportive youth services throughout the country

25th September 2014

Update: Juvenile Offender Rehabilitation - Children and Youth Affairs 25th September, 2014

juvenile offenders with particular reference to adequate segregation to ensure that the maximum opportunities for rehabilitation/education

25th September 2014