News & Statements
New year but same old FF who propose to throw money at services with no clarity on how they would pay – Fitzgerald
Looking into 2016, Fianna Fáil propose to spend, spend, spend. Yet they have provided no clarity on how they plan to do this.
People would pay more tax under Fianna Fáil – Minister Noonan
The Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan TD, has said that workers who are due to benefit from reductions to the Universal Social Charge on January 1st would pay more tax under Fianna Fáil.
€1.14 million granted to Waterford Airport – Minister Coffey
Fine Gael Waterford Minister Paudie Coffey has welcomed news from his colleague Minister for Transport , Tourism and Sport Paschal Donohoe TD that €1.14 million has been granted to Waterford Airport for 2015.
€2.39 million allocated for the maintenance of National roads in Waterford – Minister Coffey
Fine Gael Waterford Minister Paudie Coffey, has today (Tuesday) welcomed the news that €2.39 million has been granted to Waterford for improvement and maintenance works on national roads.
Fianna Fáil, the party that destroyed 300,000 jobs, still has no jobs plan – English
“Fianna Fáil, the party that destroyed 300,000 jobs, still has no job creation plan”, according to Damien English, Fine Gael TD for Meath West and Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.
€8.3m allocated for the maintenance of roads in Longford and Westmeath – McFadden
Fine Gael TD for Longford/ Westmeath Gabrielle McFadden has today (Tuesday) welcomed the news that €8.3 million has been granted to counties Longford and Westmeath for improvement and maintenance works on roads.
Minister stands up to commercial broadband operators – Heydon
Fine Gael TD for Kildare South, and Chair of the Party’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, Martin Heydon, has welcomed the requirement by Minister for Communications, Alex White, for commercial operators to sign up to commitment contracts for areas where they wish to provide broadband services. Without these contracts, the areas cannot be removed from the Government High Speed Broadband Map.
Do SF candidates support the courts? – O’Donovan
“All Sinn Fèin candidates planning to go before the people need to state if they share their party leader’s attitude to the justice system or if they support the courts?”, says Fine Gael TD for Limerick, Patrick O’Donovan.
Flooding to become ever more frequent issue in the midlands – Corcoran Kennedy
Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has said that while the local response to recent flooding has been fantastic, preparations for more frequent incidents must be made as climate change becomes an issue.
Punchestown to benefit from €6.2m redevelopment plan – Heydon
Fine Gael TD for Kildare South, and Chair of Fine Gael’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, Martin Heydon, has said that Punchestown Racecourse will benefit from a significant upgrade to the value of €6.2 million.