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Mitchell O’Connor urges female TDs and Senators to donate professional clothing to Dress for Success

Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire TD, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, has today (Wednesday) urged her female colleagues in Leinster House to donate professional clothing to ‘Dress for Success Dublin’. Deputy Mitchell O’Connor was speaking after she teamed up with stylist Sonya Lennon for a cross party suit collection drive in Leinster House.

6th April 2014

FF planned to charge households €400 for water from 2012 - Flanagan

Fine Gael Party Chairman, Charlie Flanagan, has today (Wednesday) said the public has yet again been reminded of Fianna Fáil’s outrageously hypocritical stance on water charges. Deputy Flanagan pointed out that under Fianna Fáil’s deal with the Troika, water charges would have been introduced as early as 2012.

6th April 2014

Buttimer and Doherty welcome Govt agreement on free GP care for children aged 5 and under

Fine Gael TDs and members of Oireachtas Health Committee, Jerry Buttimer and Regina Doherty, have today (Wednesday) warmly welcomed the agreement by the Government to published legislation that will pave the way for free GP care for children aged 5 and under.

6th April 2014

An increase in social housing will reduce numbers claiming Rent Allowance – Bannon

Over 2,000 people in receipt of rent allowance in Longford/ Westmeath

6th April 2014

Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Education and Skills

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are no school places available in a local gaelscoil due to the effects of a sibling policy being in place, if his Department will consider introducing a school bus or a travel grant to enable students to travel to an alternative gaelscoil further away but within the catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

6th April 2014

National debate on energy policy needed- Deering

Fine Gael Carlow TD, Pat Deering, has called on Carlow people to get involved in the national debate on Ireland’s energy policy, after meeting today with Carlow residents concerned about windfarms and pylons.

5th April 2014

Fianna Fáil should stop playing politics on future of Shannon Airport – Carey

State Airports Bill on track to be enacted by the summer

5th April 2014

FF is wrong on the Children First Bill – Doherty

Fine Gael Meath East TD and member of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, Regina Doherty, has today (Tuesday) criticised Fianna Fáil’s response to the publication of the Children First Bill, adding that the Party is wrong when it claims that no sanctions are in place for those who fail to report children at risk.

5th April 2014

Minister Fitzgerald publishes Children First Bill 2014

Frances Fitzgerald T.D., Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, has announced that legislation agreed at cabinet to put the Children First

4th April 2014

Yet another jobs boost for Dublin Docks with Airbnb expansion – Noone

Fine Gael Dublin Senator, Catherine Noone, has today (Friday) welcomed the announcement from Airbnb that it is expanding its presence in Dublin with the creation of 100 new jobs, adding that it is further proof that the Dublin Docks have developed a superb international reputation for being an ideal location for high growth and tech firms.

4th April 2014