Brian Hayes, MEP for Dublin, today (Tuesday), welcomed the European Parliament's approval of a Regulation that will cap credit and debit card charges and will lead to huge savings for retailers and consumers.

Yesterday marked four years since this Government took office.

Clare Fine Gael TD, Joe Carey, has welcomed the decision by the Ardchomhairle of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann to name Ennis as the host venue for the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 2016.

“Gerry Adams has admitted his own policies will threaten Irish jobs", says Regina Doherty, Fine Gael TD for Meath East.

Fine Gael Laois-Offaly TD and Foreign Affairs Minister, Charlie Flanagan, has expressed his concern after two prison officers were hospitalised following an attack at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise.

“Sinn Féin’s nonsensical tax policies would cost jobs and destroy this country,” says Simon Harris, Fine Gael TD for Wicklow/ East Carlow and Minister of State at the Department of Finance.

Fine Gael TD for Clare, Pat Breen, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney that 148 Burren farmers are to receive €942,000 in payments under the 2014 Burren Farming for Conservation Programme (BFCP).

“Rural communities are set to benefit most from the recent significant investments in the dairy industry”, says Fine Gael TD for Tipperary, Noel Coonan.

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South, Eoghan Murphy, has said that the misgivings raised by Sinn Féin’s American business benefactors about its high tax policies is clear proof that Sinn Féin in Government would deter jobs and investment into Ireland.

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the new housing assistance payment is expected to be introduced in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter?