Fianna Fáil should make it their New Year's resolution to back legislation on responsible political spending promises, according to Fine Gael Chairman and member of the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight, Martin Heydon. Deputy Heydon is calling on Fianna Fáil to support his Dáil Private Members Bill which would expand the powers of IFAC to examine opposition spending demands in the advance of each budget.

A national heritage peatlands centre located in the Midlands region is an excellent opportunity for tourism and economic development in the area, Fine Gael representatives have said.

Fine Gael general election candidate for Dublin South West, Ellen O’Malley Dunlop, has encouraged people to make volunteering part of their New Year’s resolutions this year and has recommended the IVOL App as a way of connecting volunteers with local needs in their communities.

New Year’s Day marks 365 days of a more compassionate Ireland as we mark the anniversary of the abolition of the 8th Amendment to the Constitution, a Fine Gael candidate has said.

With the increasing digitalisation of work, it is important that guidelines on the right to disconnect are drawn up urgently, a Fine Gael TD has said. 

We have had a very productive year in the Dept. of Education and I worked hard with my senior officials and education stakeholders including the most important stakeholders of all: students, in 2019. The ‘student’ is at the epi centre of my agenda.

Ireland should consider raising the age at which a person can buy tobacco from 18 to 21, a Fine Gael TD has said.