Fine Gael Waterford Deputy, Paudie Coffey, has called on the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan TD, and the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan TD, to introduce a moratorium on the rates revaluation process until the new valuation legislation, which is currently in the Seanad, has been appropriately debated. Deputy Coffey made the call after some businesses in Waterford were hit with rate increases of between 50-100% as a result of the valuation process.

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal Alan Farrell has welcomed the decision by Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton T.D. to increase the limits for rent supplement in Dublin Fingal.

Measures aimed at tackling terrorism were discussed today on the second day of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg. Central to the debate were the risks posed by foreign fighters returning from conflict zones, notably in Syria, to EU Member States.

Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal Alan Farrell has welcomed the decision by Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton T.D. to increase the limits for rent supplement in Dublin Fingal.

Measures aimed at tackling terrorism were discussed today on the second day of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg. Central to the debate were the risks posed by foreign fighters returning from conflict zones, notably in Syria, to EU Member States.

Fine Gael Chairman Charlie Flanagan has said that there must be no delay in the handling of the Fr Nially Molloy file by the office of the DPP after a Garda file on the case was submitted to the office by the Serious Crime Review Unit.

Small businesses got a valuable opportunity to have their voices heard this morning (Thursday) as Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor invited the Minister for Small Business, John Perry TD, to a ‘Listening to Small Business’ meeting in Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel, Killiney.

Work is officially starting on the Newlands Cross flyover and the N11 Arklow to Rathnew dual carriageway road projects after Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar turned the sod on both schemes.

WEXFORD'S Government Chief Whip & Minister of State Paul Kehoe TD has welcomed details of eight key actions being implemented by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald TD, which will ensure improved standards and more robust inspections for crèches.