The Minister for Justice, Heather Humphreys will next week bring motions before the Dáil and Seanad to renew the Offences Against the State Acts and the Criminal Justice Act for another year.

Fine Gael is committed to making remote working and learning a permanent reality for thousands of workers and students post Covid-19, according to Ministers Heather Humphreys and Simon Harris.

Minister of State for Overseas Development and the Diaspora, Colm Brophy TD, today expressed his grave concern about the humanitarian situation caused by the Venezuelan migrant crisis and pledged €2m in humanitarian assistance from Ireland towards the international response to the crisis, a doubling of last year’s grant.

The lack of ambition and overly cautious approach to the use of antigen testing will leave Ireland behind and limit our reopening, Fine Gael Senators have said.

The Climate Action Bill which will pass in the Dáil today will help Ireland thrive in the years ahead while tackling one of the greatest challenges of our times, Fine Gael Dublin Bay North TD and Party Chair Richard Bruton has said.

A Fine Gael Senator has called for national funding for a nationwide series of memorials to remember those who have died from Covid-19.

Fine Gael bye-election candidate James Geoghegan says that youth and the future of young people are recurring themes that have come up on the doorsteps in Dublin Bay South.

Expectant mothers are being instructed to attend scans at a hospital on their own, despite hospital management informing the Government their partners can accompany them.

If present trends continue, it will take three planets for nature to replenish the materials we use each year, Fine Gael Dublin Bay North TD and Party Chair Richard Bruton has said. Deputy Bruton raised the need for more ambition in Ireland’s circular economy strategy in the Dáil this morning.