The country’s main opposition party will not publish their full alternative Budget as assured during the week as they are afraid of scrutiny, a Fine Gael Minister has said.

Fine Gael is holding a special one-day Small Business and Enterprise conference in Thomond Park, Limerick on Saturday, 24th September.

The Government’s ‘Together for Better’ funding model for Childcare which includes a new Core Funding element will begin to ease the burden of childcare costs for parents, a Fine Gael Minister has said.

The Department of Housing must extend the Croí Cónaithe scheme to rural areas with populations above 400 Fine Gael TD Ciaran Cannon has said.

Many taxpayers working in different areas are not aware of flat-rate expenses they are entitled to, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Fine Gael’s Finance Committee members are completely against a proposal by the Commission on Taxation and Welfare to increase inheritance tax.

Fine Gael farming representatives have stressed the need for continued support for relief schemes to Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe.

A temporary reduction in the VAT rate which applies to home energy production such as wind and solar, and also applies to residential retrofitting, should be implemented to help people with energy cost pressures, according to Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell.

Dublin Fingal Senator Regina Doherty said that regular users of public transport in the Dublin area are experiencing buses disappearing from the Real Time Information screens and failing to show up at scheduled times.

Today is a historic day for early learning and childcare workers with a new pay agreement providing long overdue increases, a Fine Gael Senator has said.