Fine Gael TD for Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael TD, Gabrielle McFadden, has urged the HSE to expedite the recruitment of nurses to help alleviate overcrowding at the Midlands Regional Hospital.

Speaking on Deputy Clare Daly’s Fatal Foetal abnormalities Bill, Olivia Mitchell, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown said, she “wished the solution were that simple”.

Fine Gael Dublin MEP, Brian Hayes, has today (Friday), said that a Special Committee agreed by the European Parliament Presidency, should not have the power to interfere with the European Commission's ongoing investigations into tax rulings of certain Member States, including Ireland.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD today announced the creation of 200 new jobs over the next five years by Combilift

Olivia Mitchell, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown, said the Government announcement of a new primary school for the Goatstown/ Stillorgan area is welcome news for parents.

Olivia Mitchell, Fine Gael TD for Dublin South, welcomes the Government's announcement to extend the pyrite remediation scheme to include homes located in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and South Dublin.

Cork South Central TD and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, Jerry Buttimer, has said that the decision of the HSE to extend access to Eculizumab (Soliris) will come as a relief to people with diseases Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) and atypical Haemolytic Uraemic (aHUS). Deputy Buttimer has also said that exorbitant costs of new drugs and how much is paid by the State must be examined.

ECB engagement needs to take place in Dublin directly with the Banking Inquiry

“Alcohol is a depressant and many people who suffer from depression reach for alcohol as a solution. It’s a vicious cycle and one that minimum unit alcohol pricing will go a small way in addressing”, says Derek Keating, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Mid-West.

Limerick Fine Gael TD Patrick O'Donovan has secured the agreement of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, to amend the Roads Bill 2014. Patrick O'Donovan sought an amendment that would allow the National Roads Authority to carry out pre-planning consultations with An Bord Pleanála before making applications for planning permission to construct new roads.