Fine Gael Senator and Government Chief Whip in the Seanad, Paul Coghlan has welcomed Budget 2016, saying it is a fair budget that will benefit families.

Fine Gael TD for Louth, and Member of the Oireachtas Committee on Health, Peter Fitzpatrick, has said the further extension of free GP care to all children under 12 is great news for families in Louth.

I am delighted to see funding being provided for community centres in Donegal. The successful community centres are, The Forge Family Resource Centre Pettigo Limited Pettigo (€19,033) Inver Community Development Co-op Society Limited Inver (€38,066) Carrowmenagh Community Centre Ltd (€28,550) Tógra Fiontar & Cultúr Uladh Teoranta Letterkenny (€38,066) Colgan Community & Resource Centre Limited Colgan (€38,066) Greencastle Community Development Company Ltd (€38,066) and Glengad Community Association Limited Glengad (€38,066)

Olivia Mitchell, Fine Gael TD for Dublin South, has welcomed the announcement by the Department of Education and Skills to build a new school building in Belarmine for Stepaside Educate Together National School.

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central, Paschal Donohoe, said today (Thursday) that Fianna Fáil must explain what projects in the Government’s Capital Plan they would cancel to allow for an additional €4.3 billion spending on projects they want progressed.

“Fianna Fáil’s assessment of the Capital Investment Plan as “long on aspiration and short on detail” is symptomatic of their failure to understand and appreciate the detail of the Plan”, says Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell.

Fine Gael Senator for Kerry and Government Chief Whip in the Seanad, Paul Coghlan, speaking in the Seanad, highlighted some important issues for farmers ahead of the upcoming budget.

Fine Gael Senator for Kerry and Government Chief Whip in the Seanad, Paul Coghlan, has called for an urgent discussion on the definition of public service broadcasting and on the payment of 2% of licence fees to RTÉ.

“If Fianna Fáil is so dissatisfied with the Capital Investment Plan announced yesterday (Tuesday), they should outline which projects they would like to omit”, says Fine Gael TD for Limerick, Patrick O’Donovan.

Fine Gael TD for Cork South West, Noel Harrington TD today (Wednesday) welcomed the announcement made by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD, that payment for Island Farmers under the new Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme has started issuing, on schedule, today.