Kildare South Fine Gael TD and Minister Martin Heydon has welcomed the decision of An Bord Pleanála to uphold the granting of planning permission by Kildare County Council to Diageo for a state of art brewery in Newbridge, Co. Kildare.

Amendments to surrogacy legislation which is due to be published shortly must give legal recognition to parents of babies born through surrogacy, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

The almost half a million euros raised this week in an online auction of confiscated high value goods must be reinvested into communities pulling together to tackle crime, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Minister Simon Harris and a Universities Ireland Working Group have taken a vital first step to harmonise third level opportunities North and South, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Greater ambition is required from Government in getting renewable energy producers connected to Ireland’s national grid, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

A Fine Gael Minister is calling on people across Ireland to visit and shop in Dublin this Christmas.

Some independent TDs gave the rioters the chaos they want by supporting Sinn Féin in a desperate attempt to scupper the work of Government, a Fine Gael Senator said.

Speech by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee during the confidence motion in the Minister for Justice.

Statement by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar during the confidence motion in the Minister for Justice.

Sinn Féin want a General Election at Christmas rather than provide credible solutions with other parties, Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan has said.