Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has today marked the 3,000th application under the Apprenticeship Incentivisation Scheme.

The establishment of online safety regulations must be treated as a matter of urgency for Ireland despite warnings from social media giants, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Students in Northern Ireland will be able to access the Erasmus programme from September, Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond has said.

The HSE should establish a dedicated health unit for research and to manage and support patients suffering the long-term effects of Covid-19, a Fine Gael TD has said.

The sustainability of borrowing and debt levels will soon become the biggest looming question we face in seeking to shape a post-Covid world, the Fine Gael PP Chairman Richard Bruton has said.

Gardaí must continue to be afforded all supports possible in their role on the Covid frontline in the wake of GSOC complaint figures, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

A new comprehensive programme of relationship and sexual education must be embedded in our school system for children from early age if we are to break the endemic of sexual and gender-based violence in Ireland, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Fine Gael TD, Fergus O’Dowd, has stated that there is a viable route forward for the Northern Cross Route project following the news of the application’s appalling score in the latest round of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund.

Senator Regina Doherty has called for all relevant Departments and agencies to prepare for the immediate logistical roll-out of the European Commission’s proposed ‘Digital Green Pass’, due to be published next week.

Shoppers should be extra vigilant when purchasing goods online following a rise in fraudulent activity, a Fine Gael TD has said.