THE proposal by Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin to reduce VAT on first-time homes has collapsed before it even got to the first hurdle as such a move would be illegal, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Design work is now underway on the FingLUAS project with a preferred route expected to be identified in 2020, a Fine Gael TD has said. 

The ESB’s planned closure of the West Offaly Power plant is deeply concerning, a Fine Gael TD as said.

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar T.D. today (Thursday 7th November) joined Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D., Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation Heather Humphreys T.D., Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D., and Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan TD. to launch the €300 million Human Capital Initiative and the Skills and Talent pillar of Future Jobs Ireland.

Fine Gael Senator, Maura Hopkins, has communicated concerns in relation to the Cuisle Accessible Holiday Resort in Donamon to the Minister of State for Disabilities, Finian McGrath TD.

Fine Gael TD for Dublin North West, Noel Rock, has today (Wednesday) welcomed the confirmation by the National Transport Authority (NTA) that the new 24-hour bus service for Dublin is expected to start on December 1st.

Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. and Minister of State with responsibility for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. today (6 November 2019) welcomed the report of the TU Research Network (TURN): Connectedness & Collaboration enabled by Connectivity, which was presented to the Department by the TURN high level working group.

THE Government has shown its intent to take political interference on social media seriously after Cabinet approved a proposal to regulate online political advertising, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Fianna Fáil’s drugs proposals are worthless as they come from a TD who did little to tackle the drugs scourge when he was Drugs Minister, a Fine Gael Senator has said.