News & Statements

McFadden condemns Sinn Féin’s ambiguous attitude to the law

Fine Gael TD for Longford Westmeath, Gabrielle McFadden, has today (Wednesday) condemned Sinn Féin’s ambiguous attitude to the law in the wake of comments by their Environment spokesperson Brian Stanley that ‘bad laws sometimes have to be broken’.

Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Health

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the growing waiting lists for the allocation of funding for the Fair Deal scheme and the financial hardship it is causing families; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

Farmers to milk it in China – Lawlor

Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, Anthony Lawlor, has said that a dairy seminar being held today (Tuesday) in Beijing offers real opportunities to Irish farmers.

IT advances can ensure the safety of people with dementia – Burke

Fine Gael Cork North Central Senator, Colm Burke, has renewed his call for Ireland’s main health agencies to collaborate with the IT sector to develop a system by which vulnerable people with mild memory loss and patients with dementia, could be easily located in the event they go missing.

Make alcohol calorie labelling mandatory – Noone

Fine Gael Dublin Senator Catherine Noone has urged the Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar TD, to make calorie labelling on all alcoholic beverages mandatory. Recent research conducted by the Royal Society of Public Health in the UK found that alcohol drinkers consume 400 fewer calories during a night in the pub if their drinks have calorie labels.