News & Statements
Erasmus should be extended to older persons – Richmond
With an increase to the Erasmus budget on the horizon, the programme should be extended to older persons, a Fine Gael Senator has said.
Motor insurers in the slow lane on Brexit – Richmond
The motor insurance industry needs to step up its game in terms of Brexit and send green cards to their customers, according to Fine Gael Senator Neale Richmond.
Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018 Passes both Houses of the Oireachtas
The Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018 was today (Thursday, 11th of July) passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas and will now be presented to the President for his signature.
More Awareness Needed for PSA Testing – Noone
Dublin Senator Catherine Noone has called for wider awareness and a reminder system to be introduced for men to avail of the PSA test.
Game-changing coverage of Women’s World Cup a chance to transform women’s sports – Richmond
RTÉ and TG4’s game-changing coverage of the Women’s World Cup has shown how far women’s sports has come - and is a chance to push for seismic change here, a Fine Gael Senator has said.
Eir’s rising costs creates confusion for National Broadband Plan – O’Connell
Eir’s projected costs for the National Broadband Plan are becoming more confusing and escalating every day, Fine Gael TD Kate O’Connell has said.
Green Party’s call to put the brakes on M20 detrimental to economic development – O’Donnell
The Green Party’s calls to put the brakes on the vital M20 project would be detrimental to both the regional economy and road users, a Fine Gael Senator has said.
Fianna Fáil and Greens need to come clean with Dubliners about empty promises in uncosted plan– Rock
After less than two weeks the agreement underpinning the Fianna Fáil-Green Party coalition on Dublin City Council has been exposed as nothing more than a list of aspirational ideas with no thought behind them, a Fine Gael TD has said.
Further confusion over Eir’s numbers – Lombard
More questions have arisen over the figures that Eir presented to the Oireachtas Communications Committee yesterday, a Fine Gael Senator has said.
Confusion created by Eir’s broadband figures – Lombard
Eir’s claims that they could complete the National Broadband Plan to every home across the country simply do not add up and only created confusion, Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard has said.