Members of the Traveller community have been subjected to horrific living conditions and vast inequities in accessing basic human rights across Irish society, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Monies seized from the proceeds of crimes should be directed towards community drug services to tackle the rise in relapse and addictions that has occurred over the past year due to pressures from the pandemic, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

A major Fine Gael survey on the ‘Care of the Child’ has found the most important role of the State is to ensure availability and affordability. Almost 2,400 respondents (81% whom are parents) took part in the online survey, established by Fine Gael’s Policy Lab, over the last two months.

Senator Garret Ahearn has called for measures to be put in place to clear the Tipperary driving test backlog as quickly as possible. In Tipperary, across Clonmel, Nenagh, Thurles and Tipperary Town there are currently a total of 1,992 people waiting for an invite for a test. Some 220 people have been scheduled for a test, having booked their test date, and 102 people are in category B - applicants who have advised they are an essential worker.

Fine Gael TD, Fergus O’Dowd, has said it is time to introduce a vacant home tax to help generate much needed residential housing supply.

There will be no income tax increase in the State’s economic recovery from Covid-19, Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond has said.

The refusal by Sinn Féin to send their General Secretary to an Oireachtas meeting today to answer questions about their secret Abú database is a two fingered snub to democracy and the electorate.

Clarity is needed around indoor summer camps, swimming lessons and youth clubs for the upcoming summer holidays, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Government must move swiftly to ensure enforcement of Airbnb agents operating without planning permission who are soaking up the rental market by limiting the availability of affordable properties, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Circular economy thinking should become a central spine of our climate planning, a Fine Gael TD has said.