The establishment of a new board to implement supports for Dublin’s Cherry Orchard community which will report back to the Department of Justice is a positive development, according to a Fine Gael Senator.

Sinn Féin wants to abolish two key housing schemes which have enabled tens of thousands of people buy their own homes, a Fine Gael Senator has outlined.

Improved public transport infrastructure must be in place before a potential tax on motorists is even considered, according to a Fine Gael TD.

Proposals by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to introduce car parking charges in the Phoenix Park have been rejected by a Fine Gael Senator.

Sinn Féin have known for almost a decade that their party discussed with criminal Jonathan Dowdall a shooting incident at his uncle’s house and never admitted it until today, a Fine Gael TD has said.

From today, people accessing care as a public patient in a public hospital will not be required to pay any charges, a Fine Gael TD has said.

The Government is considering options to help students and families by further reducing the cost of going to college, according to Fine Gael Senator Aisling Dolan.

The lack of creche places around the country is fast becoming a barrier for parents returning to work, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Extending the requirement for new cars to complete the National Car Test (NCT) by an additional two years would enable the NCT Service to concentrate on sorting out the current backlogs facing motorists, a Fine Gael TD has stated.

Dedication and proactive policing by the Gardaí resulted in over 13,000 knife seizures throughout the country over the last seven years, according to Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell.