News & Statements
Disadvantaged Areas Scheme worth almost €14 million for Monaghan and Cavan – Conlan
Fine Gael TD for Cavan/Monaghan, Sean Conlan, has today (Wednesday) welcomed the announcement by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, that the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, worth some €149 million nationally, has started issuing, on schedule, today.
Govt following through on promise of new children’s hospital – Buttimer
Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children, Jerry Buttimer, has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar TD, that international design practice, BDP, have been appointed as architects for the new children’s hospital on the St. James’s Hospital site in Dublin 8.
Hopkins welcomes Disadvantaged Areas Scheme payments worth €13.6m to Roscommon and Leitrim farmers
Fine Gael candidate in the Roscommon/South Leitrim bye-election, Maura Hopkins, has today (Wednesday) welcomed the announcement by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney that the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, worth some €149m nationally, has started issuing, on schedule, today.
National children’s hospital project underway as architects appointed – Byrne
Fine Gael TD for Dublin South Central, Catherine Byrne, has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar TD, that international design practice, BDP, have been appointed as architects for the new children’s hospital on the St. James’s Hospital site in Dublin 8.
O’Donovan calls for commitment to Ports Policy
Fine Gael TD for Limerick and Member of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications, Patrick O’Donovan, speaking today (Wednesday) at the Transport Committee pre-legislative scrutiny on the Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2014,
Sport Ireland Bill to streamline sports development and policy – Fitzpatrick
Fine Gael TD for Louth, Member of the Oireachtas Health Committee and former Louth Senior manager, Peter Fitzpatrick, has welcomed the establishment of Sport Ireland, a new body which will combine the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus. Deputy Fitzpatrick was speaking in the Dáil today on the Sports Ireland Bill 2014.
Update: Agricultural Policy Review – Agriculture 23rd September, 2014
common agricultural policy review has been of benefit to the agri-sector
Update: Beef Producer – Agriculture 23rd September, 2014
beef producer concerns regarding the price paid to the producers
Update: Beef Producer Losses – Agriculture 23rd September, 2014
losses incurred by producers involved in rearing bull beef has served a means of making future provision
Update: Beef Sector Stakeholders – Agriculture 23rd September, 2014
various stakeholders in the beef sector with particular reference to the need to address the ongoing issues of peaks and troughs resulting in substantial reduction in income to producers